[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Guillaume Rousse) writes:
> I just uploaded ant-1.1 package for contribs.
> My initial intention was to package some of the open-source java apps i
> use everyday, such as ArgoUML, NetBeans, and others. But before i
> continue, i would like to know if it's really worth the pain. Someone
> already asked the question here : what the interest of having in
> contribs apps requiring interpreter only available in commercial CD, as
> it is not open-source ? And kaffe is not sufficient, as it is not java2
> compliant.
It is a controversial problem, and very important to solve, IMHO.
Currently, there is no free JVM that can substitute the proprieraty Sun
one (or one of its derivation, like IBM, blackdown, etc).
But, if we do not use Java for the things it is good at, there will
never be one.
Take for example the XML apache project; i recently talked with
Stefano Mazzocchi, posing him a few question about this kind of
arguments; their official position is the doctrine of "Separation of
concern"; they develop open source software, but they do not deal with
the free JVM issue; when one will be ready, they will more than happy
to use it; in the meanwhile, they *want* to write open source code in
java, without waiting.
The gcj/libgcj project is going on fast; i believe the current situation
will change soon.
At the end, also gcc has been compiled at least once with a proprietary compiler ;->
Maurizio
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