Tom is absolutely correct.
At 07:43 PM 6/6/2004, Tom Roche wrote:
My guess is, there are 2 reasons why they won't do this yet:
0 As you mention, their Sun license is still {in effect, paid for}.
1 As soon as anyone (IBM, BEA, my cat Mag) announces their intention to OSS a "real," heavy-duty, compatible, commercial-grade JVM, the backlash begins in earnest--we're talking mega-decibel whining :-)
>> or
>> 2. contribute to projects like GNU Classpath, GCJ, Kaffe, SableVM, >> etc.?
My guesses are
* licensing
* safety: given the masses of each, contact between any IBM lawyer and RMS would produce gamma radiation sufficient to boil the planet :-)
Overall, my guess is that what's driving this right now is money <I'll now pause for the shock to dissipate :-> and the main concern of IBM (et al) is to get more favorable licensing treatment from Sun (notably, lower cost licensing in future, with free licensing being optimal). Right now, what IBM (et al) have is more useful as a threat.
</IANAL></just my guess>
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