hsdis (OpenJDK) GPL question regarding binutils

[Chris Newland]

Hi,

I'm the author of JITWatch[1], a BSD-licensed open-source project for
inspecting the Java HotSpot VM's JIT compiler output.

JITWatch can use the hsdis (HotSpot Disassembler) tool from the OpenJDK
project (GPLv2 + classpath exception -
http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html) which is built by linking
against binutils.

I'd like to be able to host hsdis binaries for JITWatch users but found
these build instructions that suggest a license issue with doing so:
http://dropzone.nfshost.com/hsdis.htm

I then found this post suggesting GPLv3 binutils is available:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-maintainers/2007-August/msg00264.html

Could any licensing experts shed some light on whether there is a
compliant way to distribute hsdis binaries that statically link binutils?

Many thanks,

Chris
@chriswhocodes

[1] https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/jitwatch