On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Nic Wise wrote:
> yeah, the very same.
> I think it comes down to the Sun license between Sun and Blackdown, 'cos
> it wasn't a clean-room implementation, AFAIK (unlike, say, Kaffe)
Well, Blackdown had licensed it from Sun and was doing the port all nice
and legit, and returned the code to Sun (as in their license aggreement),
the thing that most people are bitching about it that Sun doesn't credit
the blackdown project at all, other than the names of some of the
developers in some readme files.
> Either way, a high speed, high quality JVM for Linux is, IMO, a VERY
> VERY good thing, regardless of who its from.
Credit where it's due thou.
> BTW, if people dont wanna download it (its about 60-70meg total), I'm
> willing to download it (thru work :) ), and burn CD's of it. HOWEVER,
> this will cost (most likely about $5), and its NOT an Inprise thing -
> its a Nic thing :) (and maybe a Kerry and Richard thing, depending on
> demand)
I might nab it later, although I don't think my box is likely to be able
to handle it <G>
--
Mark Derricutt
"People in prayer for me, everyone there for me, sometimes I feel I should
face this alone, my soul exposed... It calm's me to know that I won't!"
Dream Theater - Scarred
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