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[jira] [Commented] (LEGAL-279) Apache NetBeans optional Java
cluster depending on external GPLv2+CPE nb-javac module
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-279?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15642716#comment-15642716 ]
Henri Yandell commented on LEGAL-279:
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Assuming we're talking about this variant of CPE. Including for reference.
"CLASSPATH" EXCEPTION TO THE GPL
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exception as provided by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code."
Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making
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> Apache NetBeans optional Java cluster depending on external GPLv2+CPE nb-javac module
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: LEGAL-279
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-279
> Project: Legal Discuss
> Issue Type: Question
> Reporter: Ate Douma
>
> The Apache NetBeans incubator project is asking for an answer from the Apache Legal Affairs Committee to the following question:
> {quote}
> Is the Apache NetBeans project allowed to develop and release
> optional "Java cluster" modules which depends on the external category-X (GPLv2+CPE) licensed nb-javac module?
> NetBeans users who wants to use these optional "Java cluster" modules will be required to provide for or install the nb-javac module themselves.
> {quote}
> The proposed solution and the above question, as well as possible alternative solutions, have been discussed at length \[1] on the project dev@ list, with a latest summary by me at \[2].
> The nb-javac module is a NetBeans specific fork of the Java JDK Java compiler, and is explicitly excluded by Oracle from the NetBeans code donation to Apache.
> The NetBeans optional Java cluster modules (for example the Java Editor) have an direct compile and runtime dependency on the nb-javac module (api and implementation).
> While Java is an important optional module for NetBeans, and many NetBeans users do use/need it for Java development support, it is not part of the NetBeans core.
> NetBeans also has many users not using or needing the Java support, for example for C/C++, Javascript or PHP development, or when using NetBeans as platform for other products.
> The proposed solution, requiring end users to install the Category-X nb-javac module themselves, only if they want to use the NetBeans Java cluster modules, assumes that the Java cluster modules may be regarded as "optional" as explained at \[3].
> \[1] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/16b99577a9b219e87ff1b1bcd22edd2f2faf105f338d025350126d22@%3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3E
> \[2] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7ebc9ae9d6e5fceced128768f6cf312e837348cc66c3fafde02cd666@%3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3E
> \[3] http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#optional
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