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Eclipse NLS class in non-osgi environment [message #325916]

Mon, 03 March 2008 06:51

Eclipse User

Hello,

I am developing a client-server application that uses Eclipse RCP for the
client. There I am using NLS to internationalize the application and to
manage error codes etc.

On the server I would like to use the same mechanism. I do not - however -
want to import the complete org.eclipse.osgi...jar.

Now my question - is it allowed to repackage just the NLS class plus the
classes it depends on? I'd imagine that that might be a problem. Or does
anyone know how the same behaviour can be achieved with other classes,
jars etc?

Any hint will be appreciated.
Bianca

Re: Eclipse NLS class in non-osgi environment [message #325921 is a reply to message #325916]

Mon, 03 March 2008 07:40

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: merks.ca.ibm.com

Bianca,

By "allowed" are you asking a technical or a legal question? If the
latter, you are allowed to do anything you want, including repackaging.
Of course if you change actual source code, you have to share the result
of those specific changes as EPL source. Of the former, probably no one
has looked at the minimal .class dependencies for this feature in
isolation...

Bianca wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am developing a client-server application that uses Eclipse RCP for
> the client. There I am using NLS to internationalize the application
> and to manage error codes etc.
>
> On the server I would like to use the same mechanism. I do not -
> however - want to import the complete org.eclipse.osgi...jar.
>
> Now my question - is it allowed to repackage just the NLS class plus
> the classes it depends on? I'd imagine that that might be a problem.
> Or does anyone know how the same behaviour can be achieved with other
> classes, jars etc?
>
> Any hint will be appreciated.
> Bianca
>

Re: Eclipse NLS class in non-osgi environment [message #325922 is a reply to message #325921]

Mon, 03 March 2008 07:55

Eclipse User

Dear Ed,

thank you for your reply. I did - indeed - mean "allowed" in the legal
sense.

Kind regards,
Bianca

Re: Eclipse NLS class in non-osgi environment [message #325923 is a reply to message #325922]

Mon, 03 March 2008 08:26

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: merks.ca.ibm.com

Bianca,

Of course my advice is not legal advice, so don't send your lawyers
after me. :-P

Bianca wrote:
> Dear Ed,
>
> thank you for your reply. I did - indeed - mean "allowed" in the legal
> sense.
>
> Kind regards,
> Bianca
>

Re: Eclipse NLS class in non-osgi environment [message #325924 is a reply to message #325923]

Mon, 03 March 2008 08:35

Eclipse User

Of course I won't. :-) It's just hard for a non-native speaker of English
to understand all the legalese... So getting a plain English answer in a
forum is a good start to understanding the relevant legalese. :-)

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