SWT and gcj - any license issues?

Sat Apr 19 16:00:00 GMT 2003

>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin B Hendricks <kevin.hendricks@sympatico.ca> writes:

Kevin> Is the CPL used by SWT?
I believe so, but you'd have to ask the SWT folks to make sure.
Kevin> If so, is it compatible with LGPL and GPL?
There's a page on www.gnu.org that describes free licenses and their
compatibilities.
Note that libgcj is under the GPL+exception, which is different. I'm
sure SWT is compatible.
Kevin> If compatible enough, are there any plans to somehow integrate
Kevin> the SWT into the gcj is some sane way or must it always stay a
Kevin> separate build?
It will always be separate. However, it might be integrated into
rhug. http://sources.redhat.com/rhug/
Kevin> If not, what plans exist to integrate GUI (awt/Swing/or
Kevin> something else) into gcj?
We have a lot of AWT already. On the trunk it can run a simple demo
program. (It really needs a lot more work though.)
The answer here is the same non-answer as always: we'll have these
when someone writes them.
Tom