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Would the Apache license be GPL compatible in that method? All of the
Jakarta Commons for example. I did not think the GPL worked in that
fashion... for example I can create and build a non-GPL application with
GCC, right?


On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 03:45, Etienne Gagnon wrote:
> Jerry Haltom wrote:
> > Can building these .class files built with Kaffee prevent their usage
> > with a non-free alternative JVM? If Kaffe is totally Java standards
> > compliant, then that's cool... is that the case? Will there be ANY
> > deficiencies in these classes by building them with Kaffee?
> > 
> > If so, then I can see this causing problems when a user wants to run an
> > alternative JVM (Because kaffee is missing certain functionality, etc).
> 
> The biggest problem is that Kaffe is licensed under the GNU GPL, so if an
> application/library can only be compiled with Kaffe, it must be licensed
> under the GPL too (or at least be "license compatible" with the GPL).
> 
> Etienne
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