On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 12:06:25AM +0100, bernd kreimeier wrote: > > Java is being taught in many schools, mine included, as the default > > > > Some very nice points, but I doubt the hurd will be able to serve as the > > magic bullet. > > > > comments? > > > Java the language (sans all the added classes) might well be > implemented using a different VM. The school does not care > whether it is a JVM using 8bit bytecode, or some entirely > different VM using expanding opcodes or 16bit bytecode or...
Well, if Ean's interpretation is correct, a different VM will STILL fall under the SCSL license, if they used the Java 2.x specs to produce it. > Java the language can also be compiled to native code. > > Your point seems depressingly correct though with respect to > all the additional APIs that might be used in schools and > colleges (I can see it already - realtime graphics with > Java3D - depressing indeed). > > > > "free" software ceases to exist. If Linas Torvalds decided that the next > > > kernel version of Linux was not to be GPL software, he has the right to > > > do it. > > It is Linus, and this is bollocks. Linus can place all his > personally written code under a different license at any time, > he can't do that for code written by others. One effect > of the GPL/LGPL license is that contributions from others > infect your work, taking away your freedom to change the > licensing for the whole. > > > This was exemplified when Mesa switched from LGPL to BSD > to accomodate XFree86 requirements. Brian Paul needed > permission from every contributor. > > > > > Does that shock you? > > Quite frankly, it does. > > > b. > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
