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authorMark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>2003-08-09 17:41:56 +0000
committerMark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>2003-08-09 17:41:56 +0000
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* LICENSE: Update with current exception statement.
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The software in this package is distributed under the GNU General Public
-License (with "Library Exception" described below).
+License (with a special exception described below).
A copy of GNU General Public License (GPL) is included in this distribution,
in the file COPYING. If you do not have the source code, it is available at:
http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/
-In addition, the files distributed under GPL include the following
-special exception.
-
- As a special exception, if you link this library with
- other files to produce an executable, this library does
- not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered
- by the GNU General Public License. This exception does
- not however invalidate any other reasons why the executable
- file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
-
-As such, this software can be used to run Free as well as proprietary
-applications and applets: static linking is permitted, so this can
-even be used in embedded configurations.
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version.
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