Joel Aelwyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 01:07:16AM -0500, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > > Joel Aelwyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This does depend on the accuracy of the Depends line. If something > > > uses native (JNI) library calls that are not standardized across some > > > significantly-multiple set of JVMs, that Depends is not going to be > > > correct > > > if it just says "kaffe | virtual-package-for-jvms", since most things that > > > provide the latter don't provide the necessary JNI calls. > > > > > > If it *is* accurate, that means the whole damned thing is programmed to an > > > API that is *not* owned by Kaffe (namely, the Java language standards), > > > but > > > rather, is implemented by Kaffe, and this means it cannot be a derivative > > > work of Kaffe. > > > > It's not about a derivative work or ownership of an API. It's just > > about distributing copies of Kaffe with copies of non-GPL'd works. > > See above. This is really getting quite silly. We have strong reason to > believe that the Kaffe folks *do not* interpret the GPL as contaminating > things which are run within Kaffe (with the possible exception of things > that use JNI calls to accomplish things which are not possible in other > JVMs, if any such exist).
Actually, the problem is that we don't. For some of the authors, we have that information, but far from all of them. Regards, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
