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java.flex and JavaLexer have GPL headers #26

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
If java.flex and JavaLexer are GPL, then the entire project must be GPL. 
Hopefully this is a typo and java.flex is Apache 2.0.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by javlo...@gmail.com on 4 Sep 2008 at 5:30

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I can't remember where I got the Java Lexer :-(  It could be GPL. 
But I'm working on a better Java / Groovy Lexer that will support better styles 
for
JavaDoc style comments, and Groovy GStrings, so the Java and Groovy lexers will 
be
re-written, and will be Apache 2.0

Original comment by ayman.al...@gmail.com on 7 Sep 2008 at 6:54

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
That is bad news :( . GPL has strong copyleft 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft)
and doesn't allow linking from a different license.  That might mean that the
jsyntaxpane project needs to be GPL until you replace the lexer.  You should
definitely place a warning on the front page.

Do you plan on fixing this soon?  I can't use the project if it contains GPL 
code.

Original comment by javlo...@gmail.com on 7 Sep 2008 at 6:13

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
It could take me few days or even a week or so... it all depends on the work 
load at
my day job :(
I'll work on this issue as the highest priority thing to sort out.  Including 
this
file without paying much attention is a mistake, and not intentional. 
However the probable root of the source is jflex itself, and the license for 
jflex
clearly says the generated code is not copyrighted...

Original comment by ayman.al...@gmail.com on 7 Sep 2008 at 6:35

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
The jflex license says generated code inherits the license of its source.  So if
java.flex is GPL then JavaLexer is also :(

Thanks for making it a priority.

Original comment by javlo...@gmail.com on 7 Sep 2008 at 11:04

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
The JFlex front page has this:
"Yes. It is released under the GPL and available for free download. See also 
Copyright, License & Warranty. Code you generate with JFlex is not covered by 
the 
GPL, it is yours. "
If that was not the case, we could not even use JFlex to release any version.

Original comment by ayman.al...@gmail.com on 8 Sep 2008 at 6:53

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Yes, so the only problem right now is with java.flex.  Once we clear that up 
there
will be no more licensing concerns.

Original comment by javlo...@gmail.com on 8 Sep 2008 at 4:45

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
New lexers are implemented.

Original comment by ayman.al...@gmail.com on 21 Sep 2008 at 12:30