Re (2): testing before a release

[reali]

> I have serious reserves on an interpretation of the GPL that would say that 
> it 
> is ok to run a graphical proprietary application over a GPL'ed AWT.  I also 
> have 
> the concern that the GPL on the AWT would impose itself on the underlying VM, 
> which in turn would impose the GPL on linked JNI modules.  This would 
> invalidate 
> my VM's exception for linking proprietary JNI code (and running proprietary 
> applications).  It's your choice: you're the copyright holders, but nobody 
> has 
> to use your code and help you improve it, either.

This sounds very scary to me! If it would be the case, I should seriously
reconsider which libraries to use with my VM, as I'm not 100% sure yet that
I can release it with the GPL (the legal dept. of our university
has to say the last word)

Can anybody prove or reject this assertion?

-Patrik
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