Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: > Tim Ellison wrote: >> Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: >>> >>> Jimmy, Jing Lv wrote: >>>>> Alex Blewitt wrote: >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> I'd like to start work on an implementation of the pack200 >>>>> decompression algorithm, from the specification which is available at >>>>> http://www.jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/first/jsr200/ >>>>> >>>> I shall give you a warm welcome for implementation of Pach200! :) But >>>> as I know few about the legality, I wonder it is legal for us(Harmony >>>> developers) to read such algorithm directly from jcp.org? Can anyone >>>> give an answer? Let's go ahead if there's no obstacle. >>> What? If we implement a spec from the JCP, we get the TCK and pass it. >>> That's it. >> >> The license I get to by following the URL above states (amongst other >> things): >> >> "This license includes the right to discuss the Specification (including >> the right to provide limited excerpts of text to the extent relevant to >> the point[s] under discussion) with other licensees (under this or a >> substantially similar version of this Agreement) of the Specification. >> Other than this limited license, you acquire no right, title or interest >> in or to the Specification or any other Sun intellectual property, and >> the Specification may only be used in accordance with the license terms >> set forth herein." >> >> >> IANAL but that doesn't appear to give us rights to implement the spec >> via that source? What am I missing? > > Alex gave us the link to the Proposed Final Draft, which isn't licensed > for implementation, not the final spec itself. > > That can be found here > > http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr200/index.html > > and is under the usual spec license (which I can probably repeat by > heart at this point).
Ah yes, that license reads much better. > My question though is not about this, but if it's part of the Java SE 5 > spec and therefore would be tested w/ the Java SE 5 TCK. I guess I can > go dig into the documentation around JSE 5. > > I'm guessing not, and therefore we'll need the standalone TCK for JSR 200. It is -- there is a java.util.jar.Pack200 type in Java 5 SE, that references the JSR200 spec for details. All systems go. Tim -- Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Java technology centre, UK. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
