Re: Which library implementation to use/work on?

Andrew Haley <[email protected]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:39:01 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gcc.java.devel
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On 03/13/2012 06:26 PM, Mike Hearn wrote:
> Just to double check, if OpenJDK is now under a compatible license,
> does that mean copy/paste of code from it is OK?

In theory yes, but all code contributed to GNU Classpath has to be
assigned to the Free Software Foundation.  You can't assign copyright
with code (like OpenJDK) that you don't own.  So OpenJDK code can't be
checked in to GNU Classpath.

Andrew.