[antlr-interest] ANTLR 3 License
Braden McDaniel
braden at endoframe.com
Thu Jul 17 20:19:07 PDT 2003
On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 15:03, Braden McDaniel wrote:
[snip]
> I simply do not see how Clause 6 can be read to support the conclusion that
> you and Andrew Oliver have reached. However, I'll contact licenses at gnu.org for
> clarification. Thanks for the reference, and I'll post the conclusion to antlr-
> interest.
Here's my response from David Turner:
On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 15:14, braden at endoframe.com via RT wrote:
> In support of the assertion that Java code that depends on LGPL-licensed Java
> code via "import" (in, e.g., a JAR archive) must also be licensed using the
> LGPL, I was recently referred to this message:
>
> <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.jakarta.poi.devel/5900>
>
> I do not agree with that assertion--my reading of Clause 6 of the LGPL does
> not support it--and I am inclined to think that you have been misinterpreted.
> Could you please clarify this? If I am in fact incorrect, I would appreciate
> an articulation of how Clause 6 supports the aforementioned assertion.
You are correct that this is a misreading of Section 6.
Terse; but understandably so, given that a this man was probably quite
tired of the hubbub Andrew Oliver's erroneous reading caused. For more
info, see Slashdot. :-/
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