jaxp/ASSEMBLY_EXCEPTION
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OPENJDK ASSEMBLY EXCEPTION
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The OpenJDK source code made available by Sun at openjdk.java.net and
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openjdk.dev.java.net ("OpenJDK Code") is distributed under the terms of the
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GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html> version 2
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only ("GPL2"), with the following clarification and special exception.
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    Linking this OpenJDK Code statically or dynamically with other code
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    is making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms
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    and conditions of GPL2 cover the whole combination.
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    As a special exception, Sun gives you permission to link this
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    OpenJDK Code with certain code licensed by Sun as indicated at
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    http://openjdk.java.net/legal/exception-modules-2007-05-08.html
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    ("Designated Exception Modules") to produce an executable,
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    regardless of the license terms of the Designated Exception Modules,
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    and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under GPL2,
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    provided that the Designated Exception Modules continue to be
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    governed by the licenses under which they were offered by Sun.
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As such, it allows licensees and sublicensees of Sun's GPL2 OpenJDK Code to
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build an executable that includes those portions of necessary code that Sun
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could not provide under GPL2 (or that Sun has provided under GPL2 with the
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Classpath exception).  If you modify or add to the OpenJDK code, that new
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GPL2 code may still be combined with Designated Exception Modules if the
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new code is made subject to this exception by its copyright holder.