-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Matt, have you seen this: http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/ClasspathFirstSteps#head-9d8423acc71a1bd7817642969981efd5331078d0
Is that answering your question? cu Robert Matt Van Gundy wrote: > Classpath developers, > > In an attempt to upgrade my the JVM on my development box to Sun's latest > release I was perusing the new version of the BCL and noticed that the > "Java Technology Restrictions" section had changed from previous BCLs. > I quote it for reference: > > >>D. Java Technology Restrictions. You may not create, >>modify, or change the behavior of, or authorize your >>licensees to create, modify, or change the behavior of, >>classes, interfaces, or subpackages that are in any way >>identified as "java", "javax", "sun" or similar convention >>as specified by Sun in any naming convention designation. > > > Previous versions of the license that I have accepted prohibited creating > additions to the java, javax, and swing namespaces which I have always > interpreted as, we are not allowed to change the behavior of the standard > API. However, it appears that the current license is trying to restrict > the ability to create any class so named. > > My burning question is, does acceptance of this license effectively > preclude a developer from participating in cleanroom efforts such as > Classpath? Or, am I missing something? I searched your website, as well > of that of Kaffe and Blackdown for commentary and failed to find anything > that appeared to be relevant. > > Thanks for your time, > Matt Van Gundy > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Classpath mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCoksZG9cfwmwwEtoRAvQUAKCHaLRu2I0Lo9ltaHomoBhMzqcA0ACfQD7J fu1neOOSL+UhXvBVrudWDZs= =MtGI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
