On Mar 28, 1:03 pm, Weiqi Gao <[email protected]> wrote: > The Free Software Foundation releases a Free Software version of Java > implementation as part of their GCC product. They've been doing so for > years and years. I don't believe their implementation passes the TCK. > I don't believe they infringes on any Sun copyrights or patents or > trademarks.
Yes, the FSF releases code in GCC. It doesn't pass the TCK. But according to the process, they absolutely do not have the rights to any of the copyrights, trade secrets or patents within the Java SE platform spec. (And that IP isn't just from Sun, it could be from any member of the Java SE JSR expert group). See http://www.jroller.com/scolebourne/entry/sun_apache_ip_in_pictures for how the system works (pretty picture!). You need to ask the FSF as to why they believe they have the rights to do what they do. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
