what is the license of the swt grouplayout?

[mkleint]

Hello,

what is the license of the swt grouplayout library?
the jar itself doesn't contain any licensing info and the zip with sources that is next to the jar has files with either no license header or (c) Sun Microsystems.

Is the jar in any public maven repository?

Thanks
Milos

[Eric Clayberg]

GroupLayout is part of JDK 1.6. The SWT version of it is a direct port of the Swing version (with source) and carries the same license as the rest of the JDK.

[mkleint]

I see. Thanks.

One more question. Just to double check. So in order to use the grouplayout I need jdk 1.6. Or do you support also the standalone groupLayout library that pre-dates the jdk one and works with older jdks?

Thanks

[Eric Clayberg]

do you support also the standalone groupLayout library that pre-dates the jdk one and works with older jdks?

We support that version of GroupLayout under Swing only and using v6.9 of Swing Designer (the v7.x versions only support the official JDK version).

[mkleint]

let me double check, I didn't ask clearly.

does the swt version of grouplayout work in jdk 1.5? is the jar self-contained or is it referencing the JDK's grouplayout classes?

[Eric Clayberg]

does the swt version of grouplayout work in jdk 1.5? is the jar self-contained or is it referencing the JDK's grouplayout classes?

It shoudl work in JDK 1.5. The jar is self-contained and does not reference any JDK GL-related classes.