Can Java code EVER be GPLd, at all?

[Brian Behlendorf]

On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Mark Wells wrote:
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Nope.  If the terms of the license go beyond what copyright law provides 
for (such as covering use), it has to be a clickwrap license, meaning an
explicit "I agree" stage, that can't easilly be automated around.

	Brian

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