[Bug 475603] Review Request: jFormatString - Java format string compile-time checker

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--- Comment #5 from Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com>  2009-03-05 11:28:00 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #1)

> The license field is correct but I would like spot to weigh in on their
> statement:
> 
> "The library produced by compiling this project is used by the FindBugs
> project. To avoid any licensing questions due to incompatible licenses
> (FindBugs is licensed under the LGPL), it is broken out as a separate project.
> While there may be some confusion/discussion about the licenses, the FindBugs
> project does not interprete the FindBugs LGPL license to be any stronger than
> GPL v2 + the Classpath exception."
> 
> spot, what do you think?

I think that:

A) There is no compatibility concern between LGPL and GPLv2 with Classpath
exception
B) The GPLv2 (even with the classpath exception) is a more restrictive license
than LGPL.
C) This musing is reasonably irrelevant to anything. :)

There is no legal restriction on this package going forward (that I am aware of
at this time).

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