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Andreas Rueckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi!
>
> On Don, 26 Okt 2000 Kevin A. Burton wrote:
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> >I am not sure I even want SUNs help in the Free Software/Java community. They
> >have screwed a lot of thigns up. I would just rather see Kaffe/GJC/Classpath go
> >their logical directions and not have SUN involved. If they want to make Java
> >Free Software then good but I don't think the community should hold their breath.
>
> I wonder how much a GPLed Sun Java would help Classpath. Would it mean that
> those who had to take a look at the Sun sources could contribute to the project?
> That might mean a lot of new and skilled contributors to the project.
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Good point... :). If SUN were serious they would violate all those stupid NDAs
they asked people to sign. SUN is just another big stupid company IMO. Nothing
different than Microsoft/Oracle. If you want bugfixes for Solaris (in some
situations) you have to sign an NDA.
I would love to see these agreements evaporate!
I don't think any of SUNs GPL contributions (if it ever happens) would even
help. Their code *sucks* and only really matters to their shipping VMs. All of
the code relies on your VM having a specific set of native methods that aren't
documented and aren't standard anywhere. Maybe some of the 100% Java code could
be taken an merged with Classpath but I certainly don't think anyone would use
SUNs code as is.
Kevin
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