Re: [License-discuss] GPLv2+ce question - are you forced to make your project open source.

2019-10-03 Thread Florian Weimer
* B. Galliart: > If you are redistributing Amazon Corretto or any other OpenJDK as-is > without modification then you must do the following for everyone you > provide it to: > > (1) You must make them aware the product included Amazon Corretto and it > being covered under the terms of the GPLv2+CE

Re: [License-discuss] GPLv2+ce question - are you forced to make your project open source.

2019-10-03 Thread Bruce Perens via License-discuss
Please keep in mind that most of the folks on the list, though competent in this area and helpful, are not lawyers, and even if one of them is a lawyer, he or she is not *your *lawyer contracted to you. So, you have all of the risk, despite the probably-good advice you have received. If you would

Re: [License-discuss] GPLv2+ce question - are you forced to make your project open source.

2019-10-03 Thread B Galliart
You seem to be stuck on information about the GPLv2. The GPLv2+CE isn't just two letters added on to the name. The Classpath Exception means it is possible to link to the Java API in the classpath and still be an independent work. If you are redistributing Amazon Corretto or any other OpenJDK as

Re: [License-discuss] GPLv2+ce question - are you forced to make your project open source.

2019-10-03 Thread Thorsten Glaser
richard dagenais dixit: >Someone has mentioned that in order to be able to use the open source >software you must make your software open source as well. Our software This is not generally true, but details are very intricate. >Is it possible to simply include the open source Java runtime in our

Re: [License-discuss] GPLv2+ce question - are you forced to make your project open source.

2019-10-03 Thread Mike Milinkovich
On 2019-10-02 4:20 a.m., richard dagenais wrote: Someone has mentioned that in order to be able to use the open source software you must make your software open source as well.  Our software is not open source and we do not want to make open source. Is it possible to simply include the open s

[License-discuss] GPLv2+ce question - are you forced to make your project open source.

2019-10-03 Thread richard dagenais
Hello I am seeking your expertise in answer a question I have regarding GPLv2+ce and Amazon Corretto OpenJDK 8. Someone has mentioned that in order to be able to use the open source software you must make your software open source as well. Our software is not open source and we do not wan