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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LICENSING | ||
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Certain files distributed by Oracle America, Inc. and/or its affiliates are | ||
subject to the following clarification and special exception to the GPLv2, | ||
based on the GNU Project exception for its Classpath libraries, known as the | ||
GNU Classpath Exception. | ||
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Note that Oracle includes multiple, independent programs in this software | ||
package. Some of those programs are provided under licenses deemed | ||
incompatible with the GPLv2 by the Free Software Foundation and others. | ||
For example, the package includes programs licensed under the Apache | ||
License, Version 2.0 and may include FreeType. Such programs are licensed | ||
to you under their original licenses. | ||
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Oracle facilitates your further distribution of this package by adding the | ||
Classpath Exception to the necessary parts of its GPLv2 code, which permits | ||
you to use that code in combination with other independent modules not | ||
licensed under the GPLv2. However, note that this would not permit you to | ||
commingle code under an incompatible license with Oracle's GPLv2 licensed | ||
code by, for example, cutting and pasting such code into a file also | ||
containing Oracle's GPLv2 licensed code and then distributing the result. | ||
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Additionally, if you were to remove the Classpath Exception from any of the | ||
files to which it applies and distribute the result, you would likely be | ||
required to license some or all of the other code in that distribution under | ||
the GPLv2 as well, and since the GPLv2 is incompatible with the license terms | ||
of some items included in the distribution by Oracle, removing the Classpath | ||
Exception could therefore effectively compromise your ability to further | ||
distribute the package. | ||
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Failing to distribute notices associated with some files may also create | ||
unexpected legal consequences. | ||
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Proceed with caution and we recommend that you obtain the advice of a lawyer | ||
skilled in open source matters before removing the Classpath Exception or | ||
making modifications to this package which may subsequently be redistributed | ||
and/or involve the use of third party software. |
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