Ean R . Schuessler Writes: > Now, maybe you can show me a way of getting specs from Sun that would waive > you of this liability, but I don't know where.
For the Java language (e.g., .java -> .class files) http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/index.html provides links to the copyright http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/html/jcopyright.doc.html and the specification http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/html/index.html And the copyright specifically states you may use this document to implement a clean room implementation. Oh, and you might notice on the first link the picture of the book you can purchase. The for the virtual machine (JVM) http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/index.html http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/2nd-edition/html/Copyright.doc.html http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/2nd-edition/html/VMSpecTOC.doc.html For the java.* class libraries http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/index.html http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/relnotes/SMICopyright.html http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/api/index.html And at this point I have not addressed, the javax.* packages, I'll admit. But I'm also sure that most of those are/will be available without agreeing to the SCSL. ---- Cris J H
