Dear Elliotte, Thanks for your comments. Please note the following statement that can be found in the JSPA (Java Specification Participation Agreement). We did not copy this statement to the actual JSR, but this also holds for JSR-226. I hope this clarifies the issue regarding open source implementations.
"III. With respect to the TCK when licensed separately from the RI, for a Qualified Not-for- Profit or Qualified Individual there shall be no charge for the license offered by the Spec Lead." Best Regards, Jyri Huopaniemi --- Dr. Jyri Huopaniemi, Senior Research Manager Specification Lead, Mobile Media API (JSR-135), Mobile 3D Graphics API (JSR-184) Nokia Research Center P.O.Box 407, FIN-00045 Nokia Group, Finland e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: ext Elliotte Rusty Harold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 18 June, 2003 14:56 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: TCK license fees are prohibitive > > > The only work in SVG APIs for Java that I'm aware of to date have > taken place as part of the open source Apache XML Project, > particularly Batik <http://xml.apache.org/batik/> > > I am concerned that the licensing fees proposed for the TCK with JSR > 226, Scalable 2D Vector Graphics API for J2ME ($50,000 initial > payment + $20,000 per year) will prevent open source implementations. > At these levels Sun's $1,000,000 per year scholarship program that > must cover all open source implementations of all payware TCKs is not > an adequate replacement for a free-beer TCK. If this price cannot be > substantially reduced or ideally eliminated, then this JSR should be > rejected. > -- > > Elliotte Rusty Harold > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Processing XML with Java (Addison-Wesley, 2002) > http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xmljava > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201771861/cafeaulaitA > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
