Thomas Down <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Not quite a classpath issue, but I was wondering if anyone here had
> any views on this:
The Classpath mailing list is fine for issues like these.
> Come to think of it, I'm not even sure I want to agree to it myself.
Just FYI, I haven't agreed to the SCSL and don't plan to.
> Having looked through the freely downloadable specifications, it
> seems to me that doing a writing a simple cleanroom implementation
> of JavaSpaces shouldn't be too hard. But Sun are hinting that they
> have patents on parts of the technology, and that cleanroom
> implementations may violate these.
If you're seriously interested in writing a free clean-room
implementation of JavaSpaces, please try to gather all the relevant
information regarding Sun's "hints" on preventing clean-room
implementations and forward that along (with a little bit of relevant
background info on JavaSpaces) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please CC me on the
message.
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Paul Fisher * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
