> Hello japhar,
>
> I'm intrested - whey there so many JVM clones written
> under GPL, and why they aren't used?
They aren't used because they aren't complete.
Maybe also because the class libraries weren't available, this is changing as
Classpath gets better.
> Actually, what's the main reason to write JVM clone?
> I can understand Transmeta - they found reason -
> embedded devices. But all others? Japahar, SableJVM
> and many not written so far...
Because all the other JVMs are restricted, you have to agree to a license to use them.
And you can't look at the source ...
> Comaparing amount of work spent to all those GPL JVMs
> with JVMs like Sun's, IBM's and others high-quality
> JVMs I can say, that if to put together all time
> spent to GNU-licensed VM we'dd have already have
> a superior JVM. But we have none as good as those
> source-closed JVMs...
>
> Can you explain why this happens?
I don't know.
It doesn't seem like anyone wants to help develop a JVM, except for a few individuals.
John Leuner
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