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2OPENJDK ASSEMBLY EXCEPTION
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4The OpenJDK source code made available by Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle) at
5openjdk.java.net ("OpenJDK Code") is distributed under the terms of the GNU
6General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html> version 2
7only ("GPL2"), with the following clarification and special exception.
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9    Linking this OpenJDK Code statically or dynamically with other code
10    is making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms
11    and conditions of GPL2 cover the whole combination.
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13    As a special exception, Oracle gives you permission to link this
14    OpenJDK Code with certain code licensed by Oracle as indicated at
15    http://openjdk.java.net/legal/exception-modules-2007-05-08.html
16    ("Designated Exception Modules") to produce an executable,
17    regardless of the license terms of the Designated Exception Modules,
18    and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under GPL2,
19    provided that the Designated Exception Modules continue to be
20    governed by the licenses under which they were offered by Oracle.
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22As such, it allows licensees and sublicensees of Oracle's GPL2 OpenJDK Code
23to build an executable that includes those portions of necessary code that
24Oracle could not provide under GPL2 (or that Oracle has provided under GPL2
25with the Classpath exception).  If you modify or add to the OpenJDK code,
26that new GPL2 code may still be combined with Designated Exception Modules
27if the new code is made subject to this exception by its copyright holder.
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