Re: testing before a release

[Brian Jones]

"Etienne M. Gagnon" <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 03:53:38PM -0600, Aaron M. Renn wrote:
> > I think what Per is getting at is that if you modify the library, the
> > requirements of the GPL apply to the modified library code.  So if you
> > modify Classpath for your VM, you still have to distribute the modified
> > source code, pass along the same rights to modify and distribute, etc.
> 
> I disagree.  If I was to write a proprietary VM, link it against a "modified
> Classpath", the exception (when carried to the derivative work) does not
> force me to redistribute the source code along the "resulting linked 
> executable".
> 
> Do not forget that even if the modified Classpath is under the GPL + 
> exception,
> the GPL makes no obligation to redistribute your modifications, unless you 
> actually
> distribute an executable.  But the Classpath exception's goal is exactly to
> alleviate this obligation when you link it with proprietary modules.

The current license is ambiguous in this situation and none of us are
lawyers, including RMS.

> I just hope somebody in the Classpath project starts understanding
> the importance of this "license exception BUG".  RMS did acknowledge
> to me that what I am stating here is true, and a valid
> interpretation.  He said he would ask Classpath developers, by I
> guess he has so many things on his plate that he forgot about it
> (once again).

He probably did.
-- 
Brian Jones <address@hidden>