Re: the errors
Personally, although I'm not on the Japhar dev. team, I think the LGPL affords you plenty of freedom to work with the library. LGPL explicitly allows code (I.E. JNI stuff) to be linked against Japhar without being also free, so all commercial Java stuff can eventually work under it. Kaffe's GPL allows you to load and run proprietary Java classes and JNI libraries. In the case of JVMs, the difference between LGPL and GPL comes in when you look at embedding the VM itself as a library in a proprietary product. This is possible with Japhar, but not with Kaffe. Without specific reference to the post to which I'm replying: In general, I'd like it if we simply accepted the choice of license that the developers of a given project made. This is especially true if the discussion is about what variety of open source license is being used. After all, it's them who wrote and license the code to us. - Godmar
Re: the errors
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 12:23:02 Godmar Back wrote: In the case of JVMs, the difference between LGPL and GPL comes in when you look at embedding the VM itself as a library in a proprietary product. This is possible with Japhar, but not with Kaffe. This sounds reasonable. I am curious about one thing, though. Wouldn't it make more sense if the AWT and Java emulation classes of Kaffe were put under the LGPL so that other LGPL projects could use them? --- Jesse D. Sightler http://www3.pair.com/jsight/ "An honest answer can get you into a lot of trouble." - Anonymous
Re: the errors
Godmar Back wrote: Personally, although I'm not on the Japhar dev. team, I think the LGPL affords you plenty of freedom to work with the library. LGPL explicitly allows code (I.E. JNI stuff) to be linked against Japhar without being also free, so all commercial Java stuff can eventually work under it. Kaffe's GPL allows you to load and run proprietary Java classes and JNI libraries. Then I take it it is a modified GPL? Without specific reference to the post to which I'm replying: In general, I'd like it if we simply accepted the choice of license that the developers of a given project made. This is especially true if the discussion is about what variety of open source license is being used. After all, it's them who wrote and license the code to us. agreed :) xtoph
