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2OPENJDK ASSEMBLY EXCEPTION
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Erik Trimbleba7c1732010-05-27 19:08:38 -07004The OpenJDK source code made available by Oracle at openjdk.java.net and
J. Duke81537792007-12-01 00:00:00 +00005openjdk.dev.java.net ("OpenJDK Code") is distributed under the terms of the
6GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html> version 2
7only ("GPL2"), with the following clarification and special exception.
8
9 Linking this OpenJDK Code statically or dynamically with other code
10 is making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms
11 and conditions of GPL2 cover the whole combination.
12
Erik Trimbleba7c1732010-05-27 19:08:38 -070013 As a special exception, Oracle gives you permission to link this
14 OpenJDK Code with certain code licensed by Oracle as indicated at
J. Duke81537792007-12-01 00:00:00 +000015 http://openjdk.java.net/legal/exception-modules-2007-05-08.html
16 ("Designated Exception Modules") to produce an executable,
17 regardless of the license terms of the Designated Exception Modules,
18 and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under GPL2,
19 provided that the Designated Exception Modules continue to be
Erik Trimbleba7c1732010-05-27 19:08:38 -070020 governed by the licenses under which they were offered by Oracle.
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Erik Trimbleba7c1732010-05-27 19:08:38 -070022As such, it allows licensees and sublicensees of Oracle's GPL2 OpenJDK Code to
23build an executable that includes those portions of necessary code that Oracle
24could not provide under GPL2 (or that Oracle has provided under GPL2 with the
J. Duke81537792007-12-01 00:00:00 +000025Classpath exception). If you modify or add to the OpenJDK code, that new
26GPL2 code may still be combined with Designated Exception Modules if the
27new code is made subject to this exception by its copyright holder.