On 7/4/05, Robin Garner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know where you get the idea that downloading JikesRVM or any > component thereof 'contaminates' you.
I may be wrong on the contamination issue. The real issue is that I do not have permission to download anything but Apache licensed code. >The e-mail you refer to talks > about redistributing a work derived from a CPL-ed work as part of an > Apache distribution. Exactly. Harmony won't bundle non-Apache code with its download. The goal is a complete Apache licensed JVM stack that works right out of the box. This includes a GC. If Harmony modularization is successful, third parties can plug in non-Apache components such as a GC from Jikes, Rotor, Sun, etc. > > While MMTk is a component of JikesRVM, it is maintained by a distinct > subgroup of the JikesRVM community. If Harmony were to use MMTk, I'm > sure we could make it available under an appropriate license. > > In any case, the development model of MMTk is to be portable, as > reflected in the Rotor and JNode ports, and to maintain a common code > base for all platforms it supports. There would then be no issue of > distributing a derived work. > > Can't you just work on the same basis as people are with Classpath - > just proceed as though the license issues will eventually be worked > out ? Unfortunately, I am not allowed to proceed until the license issues are worked out. > > Regards, > Robin > > On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 22:17 -0700, Weldon Washburn wrote: > > Unfortunately, I am not allowed to download JikesRVM at this time. > > Since I can't download Jikes, I did the next best thing -- a Google > > search. As far as I can tell, MMTK is part of JikesRVM and does not > > exist as a stand-alone entity. Is this correct? > > > > Also, the following mail archive says that Apache has issues with CPL code: > > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200503.mbox/[EMAIL > > PROTECTED] > > > > Does MMTK exist under any other license? I'd like to look at the > > MMTK/VM interface(s) but don't know how to do this without becoming > > contaminated. Does anyone have any ideas? > > > > Thanks > > Weldon > > > > > > > > On 7/1/05, Daniel Feinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I can't find the license to MMTK. Can you post a pointer? > > > If you download JikesRVM you can see in the MMTK directory that it is > > > licenced under CPL or the Common Public Licence. > > > > > > This is quoted from the licence file supplied with MMTK: > > > > > > MMTk is free, open source software, distributed and freely > > > redistributable under the Common Public License (CPL). The CPL has > > > been certified by the Open Source Initiative as an open source > > > license. The CPL meets the Debian Free Software Guidelines. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Daniel Feinberg > > > http://www.cs.unm.edu/~danielf > > > > >
