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| Classpath is distributed under the terms of the |
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| <code> |
| Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is |
| making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and |
| conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole |
| combination. |
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| <code> |
| As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you |
| permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an |
| executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent |
| modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under |
| terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked |
| independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that |
| module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from |
| or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend |
| this exception to your version of the library, but you are not |
| obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this |
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| As such, it can be used to run, create and distribute a large class of |
| applications and applets. When GNU Classpath is used unmodified as the |
| core class library for a virtual machine, compiler for the java languge, |
| or for a program written in the java programming language it does not |
| affect the licensing for distributing those programs directly. |
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