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I have a question that's slightly off on a tangent. The project for some compilers courses is implementing a compiler for a subset for Java. Would the current
by neilparikh 7y ago
I have a question that's slightly off on a tangent.
The project for some compilers courses is implementing a compiler for a subset for Java. Would the current ruling mean that doing the project is copyright infringement?
- kccqzy 7y agoI doubt so. There's fair use. And educational institutions tend to use this fair use exception a lot.
- speedplane 7y ago> The project for some compilers courses is implementing a compiler for a subset for Java. Would the current ruling mean that doing the project is copyright infringement? Fair use would probably protect you because you're doing it for non-commercial educational purposes. But further, this lawsuit is not over the Java language, but it's libraries.
- gpm 7y agoProbably not, but if you're worried derive your work from the OpenJDK implementation that has a valid GPL + linking exception license granted by Oracle, and comply with the license (which basically just means licensing your course project GPL + linking exception and supplying source code whenever you supply a binary).