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    I found this on wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… which clears things up a little, but I still don't understand why someone would use this over LGPL. Good question! Commented Nov 12, 2011 at 23:45
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    That Wikipedia pages does not mention things like "user must be able to swap out library with his own version" which are provisions of the LGPL. So maybe GPL+Exception does not require that? Commented Nov 12, 2011 at 23:48
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    Reading on, that does seem to be the case: "LGPL formulates more requirements to the linking exception: you must allow modification of the portions of the Library you use and reverse engineering (of your program and the library) for debugging such modifications" Commented Nov 12, 2011 at 23:49
  • In this case, what am I not allowed to do under this license? I can copy licensed code (pick+choose classes) into my own codebase (unmodified of course)? Can I use automated build tools to modify the resulting binary? Obfuscators, minimizers, dead-code strippers? Commented Nov 12, 2011 at 23:52
  • You can copy code from this and use it in your own code ONLY if your own code is also released under the "GPL with classpath exception" license. If your code is proprietary, or under most other open source licenses such as MIT, then you are not allowed to use it. Commented Nov 13, 2011 at 2:08