Implementation of java.util.regexp

Sun May 25 17:03:00 GMT 2003

Michael Koch wrote:
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>> Am Sonntag, 25. Mai 2003 17:44 schrieb Anthony Green:
>>>On Sun, 2003年05月25日 at 04:05, Michael Koch wrote:
>>>>>I have implemented java.util.regexp locally by using gnu.regexp.
>>>It works quiet well.
>>>>>>Is it okay to import gnu.regexp in out CVS and build it into
>>>libgcj ?
>>>>No, not as-is, since it is LGPL. Perhaps you could ask the author
>>if he's willing to change the license to our GPL+exception.
>>> I'm no advocate but isnt GPL+exception compatible with LGPL ?

It's compatible, but it's not compatible with non-Free code
that depends on the exception.
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