Hi! Just to become clear:
> > Open Source Software *should not depend on* not open source > > software. > So we disagree. Ok, the JDK/JRE arent open source... agreed! But how about your "low level" software: If you are using Linux your OS is open source, but what about the BIOS of your computer? Is IT open source ;-). I think we are just talking about the level of software we rely on! If Kaffe or Jafar are 100% compatible to the standard SUN (the java inventor ;-)) defined, we have no problem :-) Anybody out there demanding compatibility to Visual J++ ;-). > > (maybe there are unavoidable case (ex. using Swing), but these case > > aren't so) > Uhm, any reason, why you couldn't replace Swing with an open source > alternative? In fact Swing isn't open source, but the source is open ;-) 2nd fact is, that it's part of the JDK, for it is part of the standard java platform we are developing for! IMHO: "Open Source" is defined and we all are developing "Open Source". The Licence does not really matter for the Open-Source-THING itself! Greetings, Chris
