"Scott Came" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Please excuse this new-to-the-list question, but I was wondering how
> the classpath libraries differ from those released with Kaffe. Is the
> plan to create better libraries? Different/Additional ones?
>
> btw, I'd like to search for this kind of background info on a list
> archive. Does one exist for [EMAIL PROTECTED]?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
We're different in that Kaffe's libraries are
a) copyright Transvirtual - they can sell them under separate licenses
b) licensed publicly as GPL - this means you aren't legally allowed to
execute proprietary software with their libraries.
Our libraries are
a) LGPL - you can execute proprietary software with these libraries,
these classes could potentially be used by a similarly licensed VM in
say Netscape Navigator.
b) copyright FSF - this is so the FSF can defend the copyright in a
court of law if need be because all developers have already consented
to this and signed over copyright to all works on GNU Classpath for $1.
You can find an archive at http://www.classpath.org/archive/archive/
Brian
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