Re: [linux-distros-dev] Licenses problems

[Mark Wielaard <mark@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 16:43 -0400, Ben Konrath wrote:
> > 
> > ./plugins/org.eclipse.jdt.apt.core/src/com/sun/mirror/apt/AnnotationProcessors.java:
> > /**
> >  * @(#)AnnotationProcessors.java  1.2 04/06/21
> >  *
> >  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
> >  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
> >  */
> 
> Interesting. I think you might have opened a nasty can of worms here.
> See more below.
> 
> [...]
> > Just expect them to be overseen and 
> > distribute anyways? Or did I oversee something in the licensing jungle?
> > I opened a bug: 
> > https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=193784
> 
> >From org.eclipse.jdt.apt.core about.html:
> 
>    Third Party Content
> 
>    The Content includes items that have been sourced from third parties 
>    as set out below. If you did not receive this Content directly from 
>    the Eclipse Foundation, the following is provided for informational 
>    purposes only, and you should look to the Redistributor’s license 
>    for terms and conditions of use.
> 
> This leads me to believe that we can't redistribute anything from the
> com.sun.mirror package without getting permission from Sun. But I'm not
> a lawyer so I don't know if I'm interpreting this correctly. I'll have
> to get clarification.

Note that the com/sun/mirror/apt package and AnnotationProcessors.java
is now also available as part of OpenJDK under GPL+exception:
https://openjdk.dev.java.net/source/browse/openjdk/jdk/trunk/j2se/src/share/classes/com/sun/mirror/apt/AnnotationProcessors.java?view=markup

/*
 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 *
 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
 * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
 *
 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
 * accompanied this code).
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 *
 * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
 * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
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 */

Cheers,

Mark