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LICENCE

This is the java-gnome user interface library allowing you to write GTK and GNOME programs from Java!

Copyright © 2006-2010 Operational Dynamics Consulting, Pty Ltd and Others

See AUTHORS file for contributors.

  1. java-gnome source code and documentation

java-gnome is Logiciel Libre and is Open Source; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 ("GPL").

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 GPL cover the whole combination.

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 exception statement from your version.

In other words, if you change java-gnome itself, you can still link against it, but you must publish the changes you made to this library.

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java-gnome is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GPL for more details. In particular, note that if you use this and lose your data, you're on your own.

Of course, if you find a bug, please let us know. And, if you fix anything or improve the code please contribute your changes back -- that's the whole idea of Open Source. See BUGS and HACKING files for details.

You should have a copy of the GPL somewhere on your system. If you don't, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

  1. prerequisites and dependencies

java-gnome depends on a number of external libraries. They are either provided by your operating system distribution or, in some cases, may be shipped alongside the java-gnome sources in the lib/ subdirectory. That code is open source (or we couldn't have redistributed it), but note that third party sources are made available under the terms specified by their authors and as documented in the individual licences within those files, as noted below and in lib/README.

The most notable dependency, of course, is GNOME itself. You will need to have a recent version of GLib, Cairo, GTK, and many of the other GNOME libraries installed in order to build java-gnome and use it in your programs. Just in case you are wondering, this is a feature, not a bug.

  1. use of Java

The public API of the java-gnome library is expressed in the Java programming language with the glue code to reach the native libraries it wraps written jointly in Java and C.

You have the option of building and running java-gnome either using the original Proprietary compilers and runtime environments are available from Sun and others, or using the Libre and Open Java implementation available through one of the Free runtimes that use the GNU CLASSPATH (aka glibj) project. We welcome you to deploy java-gnome using either approach. Software Freedom, after all, is about choice.

Our build framework, Equivalence, allows you to easily switch between proprietary and Free compilers and runtimes, allowing you to evaluate different options.

Of course, with Sun having recently released their Java VM under the GPL, and having announced that the full JDK and class libraries will likewise be released as Free Software, you are most certainly encouraged to make use of that code as it becomes available. Java Libre!

  1. trademarks and acknowledgements

Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. GNOME is a trademark of the GNOME Foundation.