Santiago, if we use classpath...we will need the 2 kinds of hooks into classpath (see http://wiki.apache.org/harmony/ for the links)
thanks, dims On 5/12/05, Santiago Gala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > El jue, 12-05-2005 a las 11:07 -0400, Davanum Srinivas escribió: > > - Java code in ASF SVN repository can "import" from classpath jars. > > AFAICT, this is irrelevant for Java code, as classpath public interface > strives to be just java.* and javax.*, and thus, we would be importing > the same classes that if we use IBM or Sun JRE, i.e. even if classpath > was a pure GPL project we would not be doing any derivative work by > using it at runtime (if deployed independently). I remember discussion > on this issue WRT jdbc GPL/LGPL drivers in the past. Conclusion was > that, as calling just javax.jdbc.* namespace would make it safe any > non-redistributing use. > > (You could be meaning we will be using private classpath calls, but this > does not look healthy for cross-compatibility with other JVM > implementations) > > OTOH, writing or modifying the primitives that classpath uses to > interface with the jvm is a tougher matter WRT licensing, etc. > > Regards > -- > Santiago Gala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > High Sierra Technology, SLU > > > BodyID:1002229274.2.n.logpart (stored separately) > > -- Davanum Srinivas - http://webservices.apache.org/~dims/
