>I hope that the new license that Sun has proposed didn't deflate
>everybody's will to create an LGPL'd implementation. Any comments?
Even the most liberal license proposal I've seen from Sun regarding their
Java class libraries requires that commerical users pay a license fee. It
does not meet the requirements of free software at this time. Additionally,
Sun is likely to explicitly require that any changes remain 100% compatible
with their Java Compatibility Kit. While we wish to keep our code 100%
compatible, other people might have different needs and might wish to make
incompatible changes. They should have the freedom to do so.
I have not heard anyone on this list say that they wish to cease working
because of what Sun has done. I personally remain committed to the project.
BTW pohl, I don't know if you subscribe to our mailing list or not, but I
expect that we will have a first public release of Classpath that works with
Japhar sometime soon after the first of the year.
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Aaron M. Renn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/
