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Re: [linux-distros-dev] Licenses problems
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On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 22:56 +0200, 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/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
Thanks for pointing this out Mark :)
The next question I have is: would we be legally allowed to replace the
com/sun/mirror/apt package that ships with Eclipse with the version from
OpenJDK? This question may be jumping the gun a little because we might
not actually have a problem. I'm going to get clarification from the
Eclipse Foundation and from the legal staff here at Red Hat before
proceeding.
Cheers, Ben
