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Re: gnujaxp build system (was: Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-
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Nic Ferrier |
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Re: gnujaxp build system (was: Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?) |
Date: |
13 Apr 2003 18:59:18 +0100 |
Dalibor Topic <address@hidden> writes:
> --- Arnaud Vandyck <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Nic Ferrier <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > Dalibor Topic <address@hidden> writes:
> > > > --- Arnaud Vandyck <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > > Why don't you base the build system on jakarta-ant? Apache
> > > > > License is also free software, isn't it?
> > > >
> > > > Kind of, but GPL incompatible according to the FSF.
> >
> > So apache httpd (Apache License) should also be in contrib? But it's
> > not.
>
> I'm sorry, I wasn't very clear.
>
> Apache, and other ASF licensed software is free software, just like GPL-ed
> software. But unfortunately, the two licenses are incompatible according to
> the
> FSF, so a GPL'd project can't use code from a ASF licensed one.
This doesn't apply to ant scripts though, because it's just a text
file, not a linked program.
The reason the GNU java projects don't distribute ant scripts
generally is because most of us don't like ANT. (Per Bothner's Kawa
system comes with an ANT script).
Nic
- Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?, (continued)
- Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?, Dalibor Topic, 2003/04/13
- Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?, Nic Ferrier, 2003/04/13
- Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?, Dalibor Topic, 2003/04/13
- Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?, Nic Ferrier, 2003/04/13
- Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?, Nic Ferrier, 2003/04/13
- gnujaxp build system (was: Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?), Arnaud Vandyck, 2003/04/13
- Re: gnujaxp build system (was: Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?), Dalibor Topic, 2003/04/13
- [Classpathx-discuss] Re: gnujaxp build system, Arnaud Vandyck, 2003/04/13
- Re: gnujaxp build system (was: Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?),
Nic Ferrier <=
- Re: gnujaxp build system (was: Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?), Brian Jones, 2003/04/13
- Re: gnujaxp build system (was: Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?), Dalibor Topic, 2003/04/14
- Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?, Tom Tromey, 2003/04/13