Dalibor Topic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> When I instruct my computer running the Debian OS to load and run >> eclipse, the code from some JVM package and the code from the Eclipse >> package and from dozens of others are loaded into memory. The process >> on my computer is mechanical, so we should look back and see who has >> designed and created this particular combination. In this case, it >> was Debian, who took the top level Eclipse component and selected >> a particular JVM and particular support libraries to include. > > That's the 'running is illegal/GPL puts restrictions on use' fallacy. :)
I'm not talking about running; I'm talking about making a copy of Eclipse and a copy of Kaffe and putting them both on an end-user's system such that when I type "eclipse" I get a program made out of both. But you can see that it's not mere aggregation, because they invoke each other when run. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]