Wes Felter wrote: > Chris Gray wrote: > >> TCKs are special in that a particular version of the code is >> normative, so modified versions need to be clearly marked as such >> (Apache licence?). > > If One TCK is so important, let me propose a semi-heretical idea: don't > open it. Certainly the 400 JVM developers should be able to run the TCK, > but it's not clear that they need to distribute modified versions. (Of > course, they could still submit bug fixes and such to the TCK > maintainers.) I don't think the Linux distros need to distribute the TCK > either, so their "OSI or die" policy doesn't appear to affect the TCK.
No one needs to redistribute the TCK, but I can't see any problem in it happening. Any derivative work isn't the TCK anyway, so there's no risk to the ecosystem there. But having it in open source is a good thing - it means that more people can have access to it. I can see no reason to keep it closed. geir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
