OpenJDK and JNI -- licensing

Kevin Regan galabar at hotmail.com
Thu Jul 2 19:31:12 UTC 2009


I'm seeing that the only file in the hotspot code to have the Classpath exception is jni_zero.cpp.  Can I assume from this that JNI code falls under then Classpath exception?

--Kevin


> > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:43:04 +0200
> > From: Dalibor.Topic at Sun.COM
> > Subject: Re: OpenJDK and JNI  -- licensing
> > To: galabar at hotmail.com
> > CC: discuss at openjdk.java.net
> > 
> > Kevin Regan wrote:
> > > 
> > > A portion of our client library (.so) uses JNI and is loaded into our Java application.  Does this client library now fall under the OpenJDK license?  Does this libraries source code need to be shared?  Are there any other licensing issues to be aware of when working with JNI?
> > 
> > Hi Kevin,
> > 
> > The licensing FAQ is at http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/faq.jsp#g .
> > 
> > cheers,
> > dalibor topic
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