Stuart Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian Jones wrote: > > Basically they will never be free to modify because the entire point > > of the OMG standard is these interfaces DO NOT CHANGE or change only > > as the standard evolves at the whim of the standards body. The GPL > > doesn't allow compatibility with licenses that do not permit > > modification. > > Then isn't Classpath violating GNU project policy by advertising > non-free software on its homepage?
I don't know if the FSF has characterized the OMG license as non-free yet. We can't include it but we're certainly free to point people at it. It's called 'javartf' and I still have a copy of it if someone wants it. I couldn't get into the ftp site just now myself. Copyright (c) 1999 Object Management Group. Unlimited rights to duplicate and use this code are hereby granted provided that this copyright notice is included. In order to promote interoperability, they specificly do not give the right to modify the source. If you want to put something in CVS, you'll have to rip the interfaces yourself. I think someone wrote a javadoc based program to do this for you but I'm still not sure that is legal. Like Tom said, jacorb or someone else like that may have the necessary work already done if they have tried to run with gcj or another free JVM. Brian -- Brian Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath