On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 16:51 +0200, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> setup for integration). The GUI (menu/toolbars and the tab windows)
> stuff is all implemented using Expeditor [**] a giant (proprietary)
> eclipse based java framework that embeds the C++ document views. So
Ooh - I didn't realise that; interesting :-)
> Yes, it includes a JVM (IBM's proprietary J9 one) and most of the
> Eclipse framework for the GUI stuff.
Last I checked the Eclipse license is a weak copy-left license, and
thus persona-non-grata in Apache - in the same way that MPL and others
are not welcome.
> I have seen some questions on what exactly it is that is being offered,
> but nobody from IBM has replied with any specifics yet.
Since this is (by now) at least the fourth significant announcement &
press interest in ~the same thing (since 2007), and still no code - I'm
not trying to hold my breath like I did the first time ;-) But perhaps
there'll be something useful we can re-use.
ATB,
Michael.
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