Re: "I'm Sun. Can I use the Mauve Project's testsuite?"

[Anthony Green <green at redhat dot com>]

David Herron wrote:
> Hi, I'm getting ready to request permission to officially use Mauve 
> in-house on OpenJDK testing.
Excellent!
> Reviewing the license headers I found an instance of the Common Public 
> License in a properties file.
>
> mauve//gnu/testlet/java/util/zip/InflaterInputStream/messages.properties
>
> I don't know yet if this will be a problem.  The policy says I have to 
> tell the lawyers about this other license ....soooooo...  Hm, I also 
> found a file under the Apache license and that the CORBA tests were 
> imported from elsewhere and are under either LGPL or GPL.
>
> Then there is:
> mauve//gnu/testlet/java/util/regex/Pattern/pcrematches.java:  /** 
> Regex test suites from adapted from PCRE 
> (http://www.pcre.org/license.txt). */
>
> But that's just the BSD license.
We've been flexible with the licensing because, among other things, 
we're not distributing  binaries. 
> I really just wanted to send you an email with that question from your 
> FAQ because it's such a cool question for me to ask.
Indeed!  I've been waiting years to hear it!

(I really need to update that page..)

Anthony Green


> - David Herron