Licensing question

[Thomas Wuerthinger]

Raffaello,

I believe this mail from the archives of this mailing list is addressing your question: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/graal-dev/2013-August/000751.html <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/graal-dev/2013-August/000751.html>

Regards, thomas


> On 30 Sep 2016, at 18:49, Raffaello Giulietti <raffaello.giulietti at supsi.ch> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm aware that this might not be the ideal place to ask about licensing
> issues but I'm just looking for unbinding opinions, not legal advice.
> 
> My understanding is that Graal is licensed under the "viral" GPL while
> Truffle is licensed under the less restrictive GPL with Classpath exception.
> 
> What does this imply for a Truffle language implementation that makes
> use of Graal for performance, even if it does not link directly to the
> Graal API?
> Does it indirectly inherit the stricter GPL status or can it be
> distributed with any license as allowed by the GPL with Classpath exception?
> 
> Greetings
> Raffaello