Mark Wielaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I just downloaded the Blackdown JDK 1.2 prerelease.
> But I don't know if it can be used for Classpath development.
> There are Supplemental License Terms which seem explicitly made to prevent
> people from using the JDK to make an alternative implementation.
>
> This is clasue 1.ii of the supplemental license:
>
> > may not create, or authorize your licensees to create additional
> > classes, interfaces, or subpackages that are contained in the "java" or
> > "sun" packages or similar as specified by Sun in any class file naming
> > convention
This is interesting. It would seem to limit your ability to create
classes not specifically defined or previously created by Sun, even in
the case of package private classes. I'm not a lawyer of course, so
take that opinion with a grain of salt.
Brian
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