Java OpenJDK GPL license with CLASSPATH EXCEPTION

[Vladimir Kozlov]

On 1/29/19 2:39 PM, David Holmes wrote:
> On 30/01/2019 1:58 am, Ing. Oscar Bonilla, MBA wrote:
>> What have special the packages  jdk.hotspot.agent, jdk.internal.vm.ci,
>> jdk.internal.vm.compiler.management and jdk.internal.vm.compiler, which are
>> the only source files that have GPL license but do not have the
>> expressly "Classpath Exception" designator in the file's header (all of the
>> source files have the GPL license)?
> 
> I think it may be just an oversight. I'll see what I can find out.

I agree with David. When these directories were created, module-info.java files were copied from places with "Classpath 
Exception". We should fix them.

Note, files in these directories have the same license as src/hotspot because they are related.

Vladimir

> 
> David
> -----
> 
>> It is legal to use some classes of this 5 packages in a non-GPL system?
>> -------------------
>> I am new here.  I am not know if this is the right mail list for this
>> question, but I have to ask it.
>>
>> The JDK license said that the GPL license with classpath exception apply
>> only where Oracle has expressly included in the particular source file's
>> header the words "Oracle designates this particular file as subject to the
>> Classpath exception..."
>>
>> I found a total of 17,873 source java files in openJDK 11.0.2, with this
>> results:
>> 11,683 files with GPL License with expressly "Classpath Exception"
>> designation
>> 1,643 files with AFS - Apache Software Fundation License
>>     157 files with BSD License
>>       1 file with MIT License
>>     341 resource files without any kind of copyright or License (where 334
>> are resource files)
>> 4,048 files with GPL License without expressly "Classpath Exception"
>> designation in the source header. All in 5 specific directories:
>>     - \src\jdk.aot (107 files)
>>     - \src\jdk.hotspot.agent (998 files)
>>     - \src\jdk.internal.vm.ci (181 files)
>>     - \src\jdk.internal.vm.compiler.management (4 files)
>>     - \src\jdk.internal.vm.compiler (2758 files)
>>
>> But each of these 5 last directories has a "module-info.java" file on its
>> corresponding root path:
>> \src\jdk.aot\module-info.java
>> \src\jdk.hotspot.agent\module-info.java
>> \src\jdk.internal.vm.ci\module-info.java
>> \src\jdk.internal.vm.compiler.management\module-info.java
>> \src\jdk.internal.vm.compiler\module-info.java
>> whose header contains the expressly the "Classpath Exception" designation,
>> which makes it seem like the content of whole of each directory would be
>> included in the Exception, but none of their file included it.
>>
>> Then my conclusion is 2 posibilities:
>> 1. Oracle forgot to include the "Classpath Exception designation" in each
>> source files
>> 2. There are some special circumstances that caused Oracle to consciously
>> exclude them from the "Classpath Exception"
>>
>> Regards.
>>