On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:22:36 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <i...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> In several (most? all?) of the build system files, the copyright header > includes the classpath exception. This makes no sense, and should be removed. > > I have removed the classpath exception from makefiles, autoconf, shell > scripts, properties files, configuration files, IDE support files, build > tools and data. > > The only places where the classpath exception is still kept in the make > directory is as text strings in some build tools, which generate source code > that is bundled with `src.zip`, and thus *must* have the classpath exception. > > This is a huge and autogenerated, but content-wise trivial, PR, and I know > such are hard to review. I recommend looking at the entire diff file instead > of checking this file-by-file in the Github web GUI. (That's bound to be a > painful experience) The policy has long been to use Classpath Exception in the `src` and `make` directories, but not in the `test` directories. If you're changing the policy, you might want to check and update any documentation where the policy might be written down. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22104#issuecomment-2476698524
