[Mono-list] Can JUMP jump on GPL license ?

[Paolo Molaro]

On 11/16/02 G.Kumaraguru wrote:
> Some of my colleagues were telling me that by using JUMP/JLCA to convert
> GPL'ed Java Software to C#, one can circumvent the GPL license all
> together. Is it true ?

Definitely _NO_. The converted code is a derived work: see the first
caluse of the GPL:

  0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
  a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed
  under the terms of this General Public License.  The "Program", below,
  refers to any such program or work, and a "work based on the Program"
  means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law:
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion of it,
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  language.
  ^^^^^^^^^

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