Ean R . Schuessler Writes: > So, what can we do about it? I have been giving the subject some small > amount of thought and have been having conversations with Tim > Wilkinson (Kaffe) for almost a year now. My opinion is that the only > reasonable response is a large scale, highly organized, optimally > minimalized fork against the Sun version of Java. This is a path that > is fraught with public relations peril and is almost inconceivably > difficult as a technical challenge. That said, I think that it is not > impossible and that the SPI infrastructure represents an excellent > launch pad for such an effort.
If this ever happens, I will no longer support Debian or SPI, and I will try to use other alternatives. I thoroughly disagree that even a "minimal" fork is good for Java. I encourage and applaud those doing free implementations from the published Sun documents that are not under SCSL (e.g., books in stores). I disagree with the SCSL. But let me restate, that I a LONG TIME advocate of Debian, will become one of it's staunchest opponets if SPI becomes involved in any kind of "fork" of Java. ---- Cris J H
