On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Horst wrote: > what is this ? -- why don't distros just add a link so users can download > Sun's SDK and JRE ? -instead of re-inventing the wheel ? > Is this a licensing issue ?
B. I. N. G. O. at least as I understand it the Sun Licensing is not compatible with the FSF or the Debian guidelines. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/ch2.html#s2.3 has a pretty in depth analysis. > > A couple of weeks ago I explored Jython as a way to port python programs > to run on the JVM; worked OK(ignoring a couple of flaws) until I tried it > on my Mdk 9.0 distro which comes with 'kaffe' instead of the real thing. > > I am sure I am missing something, and 'kaffe' could be trained, but why? > Why re-inventing the wheel ? > because progress arises out of millions of wheels being reinvented with different tweaks and features, and then the tweaks and features that are most popular get repeated and repeated , and eventually you move from slices of log on which you roll stuff to fancy things with ball-bearings and U-joints and inflated rubber bladders to cushion shocks; which work within a fantastically complicated network of related technologies, which are themselves being constantly reinvented reimplemented and improved. > - Horst > > > _______________________________________________ > Eug-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > -- http://www.efn.org/~laprice ( Community, Cooperation, Consensus http://www.opn.org ( Openness to serendipity, make mistakes http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems ( but learn from them.(carpe fructus ludi) _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
