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authorMark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>2002-01-22 22:40:42 +0000
committerMark Wielaard <mark@gcc.gnu.org>2002-01-22 22:40:42 +0000
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-March 7, 2000
+Jan 21, 2002
The libgcj library is licensed under the terms of the GNU General
-Public License, with this special exception:
+Public License.
- As a special exception, if you link this library with other files
- to produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause
- the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public
- License. This exception does not however invalidate any other
- reasons why the executable file might be covered by the GNU
- General Public License.
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with libjava; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the