On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Michael Emmel wrote:
> 5 years from now you walk up to a street corner and a guy in a dirty
> coat approaches you.
> He say hey man I've got all the sources for JDK 1.2 for sell.
>
> How much would you give him ????
>
> How much is 1.02 worth today...........
>
>
While reading this thread I realized that I do
not know enough about the issues to make an
informed opinion. There are probably others on
this list like myself who could use a brief summary
of the relevant issues. Perhaps someone could
summarize them or point to a good resource. A few
question I have are below. Also, if anyone knows
of any good resources for learning more detail about
these issues please let me know.
1) Is the source code necessary for any reliable port
of the JDK to Linux?
2) Is Sun selective when licensing the source
code? If so, what guidelines do they follow when
determining who gets a license?
3) What general restrictions does the license place on the
holders' porting efforts.
4) Does Sun's recent announcement regarding supporting
Java on Linux mean in effect that they are willing to
license the source to a certain development team or does it
mean that Sun themselves will be doing the port?
Thanks,
Mark
