Java license

[JavaJug]

Hi guys, sorry I don't want to speak about programming, I want to speak
about Law.
I'm not good at it, and if somebody could decrypt a bit of what's in the
java licence for me, it'd be cool...
Here it is :
I took the source code of the Piped[Input/Output]Stream classes and
changed it a bit to make some "VariablePiped[Input/Output]Stream classes
that do the same, but with a variable buffer size (if it interests
somebody...).
Am I authorized to use those classes in the software contained in the
product that the company I work in is going to sell ?

Sorry for my poor english and thanks for the answers...

 

[Roedy Green]

I took the source code of the Piped[Input/Output]Stream classes and
changed it a bit to make some "VariablePiped[Input/Output]Stream classes
that do the same, but with a variable buffer size (if it interests
somebody...).

What you can do is create a derived class. What you cannot do is
modify the original. Just how much cannibalising you allowed to do
for your derived class would probably depend more on your intent. But
that is a question for a lawyer not a Java programmer.

 

[JavaJug]

Thanx guys !