Nic Ferrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> "Pier P. Fumagalli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 23-Feb-01 3:15:00 AM
>>>>
>
>> If someone can check out what JavaCC produces
>> as an output, then it wouldn't be "that" hard to come
>> up with a compiler, using InfoSeek's Trove Class File
>> API (Check out <http://opensource.go.com/Trove/index.html>
>> for more info on it). The big hurdle to go across is
>> definitely the parser...
>
> As I told Stef some time ago there is already a free Java compiler.
> It's called Kopi. You can get it from the kaffe project (and it's own
> website).
>
> Kopi works well enough, especially if you're compiling what you know
> to be syntactically correct code. It's GPLed but does that exclude you
> from using it?
It doesn't prevent anyone from using or modifying it, but it is impossible
to redistribute it together a BSD-like licensed application like Tomcat, and
that's what I'm concerned about.
If there was already a java compiler with a better license I would have
already patched it :) :) :)
Maybe we can talk to those guys and ask to change their license... Duncan?
Pier
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