On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 01:46 -0500, chuck5566 wrote: > Agree wholeheartedly, Chris. I would suggest: > > 1st - Determining that level of interest, and where it's at. > Are people really interested in a GT.M for OS X, > or would clients on OS X that could converse > with GT.M and the RPC broker (on a Linux box > elsewhere) be enough? Or both? > Might be time for a "Hardhats-OSX" list.
[KSB] Since there is a GT.M (non open source; non free) for IBM eServer pSeries (nee RS/6000) AIX, a port to Mac OS X from this would be straightforward, but would need to be performed by Fidelity. A port to Mac OS X from GT.M on x86 GNU/Linux (open source & free) would require retargeting the M compiler (the database would just go over, since it vanilla UNIX for the most part). So, creating a client would be almost as much work as porting GT.M. > 2nd - If the interest for GT.M on OS X is sufficient, I'd first > straighten out the legalities before starting any > work or even looking for funding. > > Chuck GT.M on x86 GNU/Linux is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). If it is used to port GT.M to Mac OS X by anyone other than Fidelity, then the resulting work would be covered by the GPL, and is best released under the GPL. -- Bhaskar ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
