Re: gnujaxp build system (was: Re: [Classpathx-discuss] Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?)

[Dalibor Topic]

--- Arnaud Vandyck <address@hidden> wrote:
> Nic Ferrier <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Dalibor Topic <address@hidden> writes:
> > > --- Arnaud Vandyck <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > Why don't you base the build system on jakarta-ant? Apache
> > > > License is also free software, isn't it?
> > > 
> > > Kind of, but GPL incompatible according to the FSF.
> 
> So apache httpd (Apache License) should also be in contrib? But it's
> not.

I'm sorry, I wasn't very clear. 

Apache, and other ASF licensed software is free software, just like GPL-ed
software. But unfortunately, the two licenses are incompatible according to the
FSF, so a GPL'd project can't use code from a ASF licensed one.

cheers,
dalibor topic

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