Re: Sun Says GPL Is a Possibility for OSS Java
Casey Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And in the next sentence he talks about compatibility, which politely seems to be mentioning Sun's fear of forks yet again, which they will probably never drop. That annoys me because it's nonsense isn't it? We have an effective fork of Java now - Free VMs + Classpath. The FSF hasn't signed any legal agreements with Sun and yet we have this Java implementation. I could take that and new operators or classes or whatever I liked. It's not a true fork though because Sun claim rights to the name Java and won't let me call my fork Java. But that's got nothing to do with licences for source code. The GPL would be perfect for Java because it reduces the commecial incentive to fork the product and means that anything developed on it would be free anyway to be reincorporated if it was any good. So, to sum up. They're just shyster lawyers. And you know what Sheakspeare said about them. -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell ferrier needs
OT was: RE: Sun Says GPL Is a Possibility for OSS Java
Have you guys seen the Da Vinci Code? I think you might like it ;) - Matt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Casey Marshall Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 8:30 PM To: Dalibor Topic Cc: classpath@gnu.org Subject: Re: Sun Says GPL Is a Possibility for OSS Java On Jun 1, 2006, at 9:29 AM, Dalibor Topic wrote: On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 12:49:36PM +, theUser BL wrote: At OSNews.com at http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=14770 stand, that a GPL Java could be possible. I have now seen, that the links ends up in Suns blog at http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan There he writes: But all in all, a really great week - we're now making serious progress on open sourcing Java (and despite the cynics, using a GPL license is very much *on* the table), [...] I can't parse that sentence. Is Schwartz leading a tough fight against evil cynics inside Sun to get the GPL considered? And in the next sentence he talks about compatibility, which politely seems to be mentioning Sun's fear of forks yet again, which they will probably never drop.
RE: Sun Says GPL Is a Possibility for OSS Java
At OSNews.com at http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=14770 stand, that a GPL Java could be possible. I have now seen, that the links ends up in Suns blog at http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan There he writes: But all in all, a really great week - we're now making serious progress on open sourcing Java (and despite the cynics, using a GPL license is very much *on* the table), [...] Greatings theuserbl
Re: Sun Says GPL Is a Possibility for OSS Java
On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 12:49:36PM +, theUser BL wrote: At OSNews.com at http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=14770 stand, that a GPL Java could be possible. I have now seen, that the links ends up in Suns blog at http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan There he writes: But all in all, a really great week - we're now making serious progress on open sourcing Java (and despite the cynics, using a GPL license is very much *on* the table), [...] I can't parse that sentence. Is Schwartz leading a tough fight against evil cynics inside Sun to get the GPL considered? FWIW, GPL would be great for merging their code with Kaffe. :) cheers, dalibor topic Greatings theuserbl
Re: Sun Says GPL Is a Possibility for OSS Java
On Jun 1, 2006, at 9:29 AM, Dalibor Topic wrote: On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 12:49:36PM +, theUser BL wrote: At OSNews.com at http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=14770 stand, that a GPL Java could be possible. I have now seen, that the links ends up in Suns blog at http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan There he writes: But all in all, a really great week - we're now making serious progress on open sourcing Java (and despite the cynics, using a GPL license is very much *on* the table), [...] I can't parse that sentence. Is Schwartz leading a tough fight against evil cynics inside Sun to get the GPL considered? And in the next sentence he talks about compatibility, which politely seems to be mentioning Sun's fear of forks yet again, which they will probably never drop. PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
