On Sunday 11 July 2004 15:53, Dalibor Topic wrote: > [...] > > Okay, please keep us updated on how FSF interprets GPL+linking-exception I will.
> . I, personally, regard the interpreter as largely [1] "independant" > from the rest of the VM, which was part of the reasoning why I moved it > into its own directory, away from the rest of kaffe core vm. Problem is, the FSF seems to take a different view: this is the "if interpreter is GPL question". Of course Kaffe developers can have a different view, but the FSF standpoint would be hard to ignore should anyone ever try to make mischief. That's what I have to worry about, plus I prefer to have some firm ground to stand on when countering FUD. > [1] Well, it has to interface *somehow* with the runtime in a runtime > dependant way :) But that's going to be different for each runtime, > unless we agree on a verifier API, so that we can interchage Rob's > verifier, with, for example Tom's, or JustICE from BCEL. Stuff for the > next Classpath hacker meeting :) :) And a JIT API, and a GC API, and ... Cheers Chris -- Chris Gray /k/ Embedded Java Solutions Embedded & Mobile Java, OSGi http://www.kiffer.be/k/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] +32 3 216 0369 _______________________________________________ kaffe mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kaffe.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kaffe
