Re: Next steps for GNU Classpath

2014-09-17 Thread Andrew Haley
On 16/09/14 22:04, Bill Chatfield wrote: I went looking for Zulu's source code. It should available since OpenJDK is GPLed. But they do not provide it unless you request it and then it looks like they only provide the parts that were based on GPL code, which implies that there is more code to

Re: Next steps for GNU Classpath

2014-09-16 Thread Andrew Haley
On 09/16/2014 04:47 PM, Bill Chatfield wrote: OpenJDK is Linux-only. It does not work on Windows. Huh? Since when? Andrew.

Re: Next steps for GNU Classpath

2014-09-16 Thread Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
Hi Bill, 2014-09-16 17:47 GMT+02:00 Bill Chatfield bill_chatfi...@yahoo.com: OpenJDK is Linux-only. It does not work on Windows. This defeats the purpose of Java of being cross-platform. You might say that Windows has Oracle's Java, but it is not GPLed. It cannot be redistributed or bundled

Re: Next steps for GNU Classpath

2014-09-16 Thread Andïï
On 16 September 2014 17:01, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia guille.rodrig...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Bill, 2014-09-16 17:47 GMT+02:00 Bill Chatfield bill_chatfi...@yahoo.com: OpenJDK is Linux-only. It does not work on Windows. This defeats the purpose of Java of being cross-platform. You might say

Re: Next steps for GNU Classpath

2014-09-16 Thread Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
Hi Bill, El martes, 16 de septiembre de 2014, Bill Chatfield bill_chatfi...@yahoo.com escribió: I went looking for Zulu's source code. It should available since OpenJDK is GPLed. Isn't it included in the download? Guillermo -- Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia guille.rodrig...@gmail.com

Next steps for GNU Classpath

2014-09-15 Thread Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
Hello all, I'm going back to this question that Andrew asked a few days ago: 2014-09-04 22:15 GMT+02:00 Andrew Haley a...@redhat.com: Everyone: let's have a proper discussion. Is there something we can do with GNU Classpath that takes it further forward. And, if so, what? What would our

Re: Next steps for GNU Classpath

2014-09-15 Thread Christopher Friedt
I would have to agree with most of what Guillermo said. Small footprint is key, and is again especially relevant as JamVM 2.0.0 was released July 31 this summer. JamVM 2.0.0 includes support for several new features of the Java programming language and runtime. Just out of curiosity, I know