Classpath developers, In an attempt to upgrade my the JVM on my development box to Sun's latest release I was perusing the new version of the BCL and noticed that the "Java Technology Restrictions" section had changed from previous BCLs. I quote it for reference:
> D. Java Technology Restrictions. You may not create, > modify, or change the behavior of, or authorize your > licensees to create, modify, or change the behavior of, > classes, interfaces, or subpackages that are in any way > identified as "java", "javax", "sun" or similar convention > as specified by Sun in any naming convention designation. Previous versions of the license that I have accepted prohibited creating additions to the java, javax, and swing namespaces which I have always interpreted as, we are not allowed to change the behavior of the standard API. However, it appears that the current license is trying to restrict the ability to create any class so named. My burning question is, does acceptance of this license effectively preclude a developer from participating in cleanroom efforts such as Classpath? Or, am I missing something? I searched your website, as well of that of Kaffe and Blackdown for commentary and failed to find anything that appeared to be relevant. Thanks for your time, Matt Van Gundy _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
