We are going to release J Source under GPL version 3 license. Users will be able to build their own jconsole and J Engine ( libj.so/libj.dylib/j.dll). In particular, ports to new platforms (e.g., Linux/ARM) will no longer depend on Jsoftware access to development systems.
We'll continue to have commercial source licenses that aren't GPL and don't have GPL restrictions. We'll continue to distribute binaries and systems for supported platforms that don't have GPL restrictions. A new forum will be set up for J Source discussions early next week. I'd prefer if discussions waited until then and to not clutter the programming forum. The reason for this early announcement is I would like a few hardy souls to take an early look at the release package. Be nice to sort out severe shortcomings and major embarrassments before general availability. If you would like to try your hand at building your own J binaries, send me an email and I'll reply (though perhaps not until tomorrow). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
