peter johnson writes:
> > With respect to "Java3D for Linux": Arcana Ltd.,
> > the company that till last week provided a very
> > popular Java OpenGL API and implementations for
> > JNI, RNI and Netscape's JRI on Linux, Windows,
> > Mac, and other platforms, has been forced to close
> > shop.
>
> This doesn't seem off-topic to me at all.
> My company bought into Magician as a
> migration path away from AWT and Swing; our current
> plan is to ultimately use GNOME for 2D and OpenGL for 3D.
I am currently shopping around for support to get
Magician's Java and JNI components released under
e.g. an Artistic License. I do not consider it
likely, but in theory interested companies as
well as Open Source initiatives could also join to
make an offer, and place the code base under LGPL
or a comparable license.
The Magician API has been made available for cloning
and independend implementations during its proposal
as an ARB approved JavaGL. This means that a new
implementation based on Mesa+JNI+Java is legal, no
matter who purchases the rights and code. Depending
on how many companies and individuals are in your
situation, such an effort might be feasible.
I suggest to anybody interested to move this thread
off Java Linux, and on the Magician list you already
Cc'ed, to avoid further cross-posting. Presuming,
of course, that the mailing list will stay available.
b.
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