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1r#"The OpenJDK source code made available by Oracle America, Inc.
2(Oracle) at openjdk.java.net ("OpenJDK Code") is distributed
3under the terms of the GNU General Public License
4<http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html> version 2 only
5("GPL2"), with the following clarification and special
6exception.
7
8Linking this OpenJDK Code statically or dynamically with
9other code is making a combined work based on this
10library. Thus, the terms and conditions of GPL2 cover the
11whole combination.
12
13As a special exception, Oracle gives you permission to
14link this OpenJDK Code with certain code licensed by
15Oracle as indicated at
16http://openjdk.java.net/legal/exception-modules-2007-05-08.html
17("Designated Exception Modules") to produce an
18executable, regardless of the license terms of the
19Designated Exception Modules, and to copy and distribute
20the resulting executable under GPL2, provided that the
21Designated Exception Modules continue to be governed by
22the licenses under which they were offered by Oracle.
23
24As such, it allows licensees and sublicensees of Oracle's GPL2
25OpenJDK Code to build an executable that includes those
26portions of necessary code that Oracle could not provide under
27GPL2 (or that Oracle has provided under GPL2 with the Classpath
28exception). If you modify or add to the OpenJDK code, that new
29GPL2 code may still be combined with Designated Exception
30Modules if the new code is made subject to this exception by
31its copyright holder.
32"#