GPL2 Java?

[Dariusz J. Garbowski]

On 11/13/2006 08:13 PM, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On 11/13/06, Otto Rey <otto_rey at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
>>
>> +1 Include Sun JDK in Fedora
>> +1 Move Gcj to Extras
>>
>>
>> From: Warren Togami <wtogami at redhat.com>
>> Keep in mind that bits don't land until March 2007.
> 
> Keep in mind that any such actions will have to be in a post fc7
> timeframe if Warren's statement is correct and the re-licensed code
> isn't publically available until March 2007.  A detailed discussion as
> to what to do is a bit premature until we have the re-licensed code in
> hand.  I really think it would be a bad idea to rely on a promise to
> re-license, to make technical decisions which could impact the fc7
> release.  Its enough to know everyone is aware about it and the
> timescales involved. Work on gcj can't stop if Sun's relicensed
> release isn't available soon enough for the fc7 testing timeframe.
> 
> -jef"Dates slip...even if Sun is serious this time about open sourcing
> java...you can't count on them holding to a specific date of
> availability this far out in the process"spaleta

I'm glad to dissapoint you -- seems that compiler and HotSpot VM are 
already in Subversion at https://openjdk.dev.java.net/source/browse/openjdk/

(Note: I haven't actually tried to check it out/compile, just browsed 
the repo... so I might be wrong assuming it's all you need to build 
these two ;-)

Regards,
Dariusz


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