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Brian Jones wrote:
> I don't really see the FSF backing down from the point of view that the 
> users of free software should have the right to modify and release the 
> software and Apache is unlikely to change either, as they have benefited 
> enormously (in terms of brand at least) from letting anyone embed their 
> software without having to divulge the source code to users.

Huh?  This is not the issue.  Both licenses are compatible with the
software being embedded/linked with non-Free code.

> So, given these things and my love for this project, I would really like 
> the FSF to allow the developers to provide Classpath under an Apache 
> compatible license in addition to the current licensing scheme,

The FSF's hope is that GPL3 will be such a license.
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	--Per Bothner
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