gdb and OpenJDK

[Florian Weimer]

On 02/11/2015 11:27 PM, Jeremy Manson wrote:
> First, gdb needed to be extended to support the ability to plug in a frame
> unwinder.  The process of submitting this to gdb (which has been ongoing
> for quite a while) is finally starting to make reasonable progress.
> 
> Next, we need a plugin for OpenJDK.  We have a plugin written that calls
> out to the serviceability agent.  (It's written in Python, per gdb's
> requirements).

Has the license issue already come up?  OpenJDK is GPL version 2 only,
GDB is GPL version 3 or later.  Those two are not compatible.  It's
typically fine if such processes communicate which each others over a
pipe, but direct linking within the same address space might not be okay.

I don't know enough about the technology involved here to say if this is
going to cause any real problems, but I want to avoid future disappointment.

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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security