> -----Original Message-----
> On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, D'Arcy Smith wrote:
> > > > And they really can't make it GPL now, after lots of companies have
> > > > forked over lots of cash to get in on the Java thing.
> > > Sun owns the copyright to the JDK. They can release it under any
> > > terms that they so desire, including the GPL.
> If the cost was one cent it would still be too high. Free software is
> about freedom from just this sort of control. There is no "cost" to
> maintain a copyright. You might be able to claim that it costs money
> to enforce a copyright but that is another matter.
Not disagreeing.
> The fact that you have seen the Sun code is what keeps you from
> helping out. Sun has nothing to do with this. It is the Classpath
> folks that decided they wanted a "clean room" implementation.
Ah... just being safe. There is nothing in the license agreement
that I can see that stops someone who signed it from doing a
clean room implementation as long as the Sun source is not
referenced. Correct?
..darcy
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D'Arcy Smith
Sr. Software Engineer
Symantec Corp., Internet Tools Division
