> We still don't have anything to work with though, or even
> acknoledgement that someone who is dealing with the situation has seen
> my request yet. If this was a truly open source project, we'd have
> already gotten to the code and fixed it by now :). Instead, we have to
> wait for someone to give us some code to work with, prefereably without
> having anything proprietary to Sun so we can all chip in.
This is something which is covered time and time again on this
list.
a. This is not a true open source project. The JDK source code is
not free nor open source. If you want to find an open source JDK,
checkout www.classpath.org which is far from being finished, but is free
and open.
b. The porters of the JDK are under a very strict licensing
agreement which prevents them from releasing any source at any time or
even releasing a binary until it passed the a strict set of tests called
the JCK.
c. The porters read this list, but, methinks, have stopped
acknowledging the "can I help, even though I haven't read the FAQ", "When
will this be read already?" and "You guys suck because you aren't
releasing it under the GPL" questions. They are asked and answered far
too often.
So the answer is, you can help, but you need to get a
non-commercial license from Sun. This is not open source and never will
be. Binaries will be released when they are ready and not before. Asking
will not speed it up.
-Seth (not a member of the porting team, just a lurker)
--
"It is by will alone I set my mind in motion"
