On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 01:51:18PM -0700, Cris J. Holdorph wrote: > Ok, but you can pick up books that document the Class Libraries and the > language specification too. I'm sure, sooner, or later, there'll be a Jini > book too, but I'll forgo that point for now. I simply think that we're > first and foremost concerned with getting a JVM, compiler and base class > library, which I think could be done by people not exposed to the SCSL or > any SCSL protected material.
Java 2 is also an SCSL phenomena. Everything in 1.1 is safe and can be cloned. Java 2 is a problem. This isn't speculation, this is fact. Tim Wilkinson, who writes Kaffe and runs a company doing ports of it for money, has been over this in detail with his attornees. It is a real problem, right now. Many new features in the sql classes, ejb and other Java components will be affected by these licensing issues sooner rather than later. With that out of the way I think we can work to package the Java language. We just have to recognize that Java itself is not a free system and that the intentions of its manufacturer are antithetically opposed to the beliefs and values of our community. E -- _______________________________________________________________________ Ean Schuessler Director of New Products and Technologies Novare International Inc. The Unstoppable Fist of Digital Action *** WARNING: This signature may contain jokes.
