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+#include "include/layout.wml"
+<set-var last-modified-author="prk">
+
+<subject "GNU Classpath License">
+
+<box>
+<boxtitle><a name="license">Classpath::License</a></boxtitle>
+<boxitem>
+<en>
+<p>
+Classpath is distributed under the terms of the
+<createlink url="/copyleft/gpl.html" name="GNU General Public License"> with
+the following clarification and special exception.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>
+<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.
+</code>
+</p>
+<p>
+<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
+exception statement from your version.
+</code>
+</p>
+</blockquote>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+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.
+</p>
+
+</en>
+</boxitem>
+
+<boxtitle><a name="documentation">Classpath::Documentation Redistribution Policy</a></boxtitle>
+<boxitem>
+
+GNU Documentation is unique because of our attitude towards it. We
+believe the reader should be free to copy and redistribute it, just
+like our software. Originally, all our documentation was released under
+a short <createlink url="/licenses/licenses.html#WhatIsCopyleft" name="Copyleft">
+license, or under the <createlink url="/licenses/licenses.html#GPL"
+name="GNU General Public License (GPL)"> itself; in 2001 the
+<createlink url="/licenses/licenses.html#FDL"
+name="Free Documentation License (FDL)"> was created to
+address certain needs that were not met by licenses originally designed
+for software.
+</boxitem>
+
+</box> \ No newline at end of file
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