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On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
