> From: Brian Jones
>
> "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/
>
A more functional difference is that Classpath is designed to work with
multiple virtual machines.
--John
