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How does Sun deal with source code where it does not have copyright?

April 26, 2017copyright deal source code Sun

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How does Sun deal with source code where it does not have copyright?

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OpenOffice.org includes some source code which has non-Sun copyright notices that is referred to as external source code. The external source code is available under a number of different licenses but is in general freely available, re-distributable and modifiable. Sun has identified URLs where the external code can be sourced, documented the process of downloading the external source and provided a patch process. All external source code retains original license and copyright notices.