[kaffe] Relicensing the Verifier, and Turning it On

Dalibor Topic robilad at kaffe.org
Sun Jul 11 10:49:14 PDT 2004


Chris Gray wrote:
> On Sunday 11 July 2004 15:53, Dalibor Topic wrote:
> 
>>[...]
>>
>>Okay, please keep us updated on how FSF interprets GPL+linking-exception
> 
> I will.
> 
> 
>>. I, personally, regard the interpreter as largely [1] "independant"
>>from the rest of the VM, which was part of the reasoning why I moved it
>>into its own directory, away from the rest of kaffe core vm.
> 
> 
> Problem is, the FSF seems to take a different view: this is the "if 
> interpreter is GPL question". Of course Kaffe developers can have a different 
> view, but the FSF standpoint would be hard to ignore should anyone ever try 
> to make mischief. That's what I have to worry about, plus I prefer to have 
> some firm ground to stand on when countering FUD.

Argh, lingustic typo confusion :) I meant to write verifier, but wrote 
interpreter. I should not debug & write e-mail at the same time :(

cheers,
dalibor topic




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