Per Bothner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > First, libgcj is not gcc. Secondly, Cygnus needs to be able to > release code under a *less* restrictive license to its embedded > customers. That is one reason it keeps the copyright. I (and > others) think the best solution is to have libgcj under a "modified > GPL", like Cygnus does for libstdcc+, the standard C++ library, > as well as libgcc (which is *not* libc)..
According to the /usr/doc/libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1/copyright file: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. Where is the modification? > > > Why haven't Classpath and libgcj merged? > > I think Cygnus could be pursuaded to release libgcj under the same > license as libstdc++, and maybe be donate the copyright to the FSF. > However, convincing Cygnus management would be much easier if > Cygnus got something in exchange, like some major contributions. > Specifically, if FSF were willing to release Classpath under the > same license as libfcc/libstdc++, then I think merging libgcj > and Classpath is possible, and would be a win-win. > > > P.S. I saw a posting of you on Slashdot in which you said that there was > > only > > one (O'Reilly?) book on Swing (spec) details. Which book is that? > > The O'Reilly book is called "Java Swing". It actually has a 1998 > copyright and predates the final Swing release, so it still uses the > com.sun.java.swing package. But it's the only one that I've been able to find > goes into any depth about the text stuff. > -- > --Per Bothner > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bothner.com/~per/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- John Goerzen Linux, Unix consulting & programming [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade) www.debian.org | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ via Remote
