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Re: [linux-distros-dev] Licenses problems
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On Thursday 21 June 2007 22:56:13 Mark Wielaard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 16:43 -0400, Ben Konrath wrote:
> > > ./plugins/org.eclipse.jdt.apt.core/src/com/sun/mirror/apt/AnnotationPro
> > >cessors.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
> * have any questions.
> */
>
Great, thanks for the pointer Mark.
Best,
Daniel
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
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