On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 14:38:30 -0400, "Jan Izary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Please release the source code of your software under a BSD license so >it is compatible with the goals of our project: > >J. C., you know full well that's not really needed for OpenBSD to have their >own copy of Java in ports. > >Making something like Java a native port would only require it to be open >source in a manner that allows redistribution. Heck, if Java were CDDLed, I >think that may even be enough to have native ports for OpenBSD. > ? -I think you're missing something here: There's a vast difference between a "native port" and a "native implementation" We already have ports: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/devel/jdk/ The on-going work to create a native (re)implementation of java for OpenBSD is discussed on this list: http://codemonkey.net/mailman/listinfo/openbsd-java Unfortunately, I do not know the status of their work. The FreeBSD guys sold their soul to Sun in a "license agreement" of some sort in order to use Sun's code as a base for their native implementation. Licenses actually matter a lot in OpenBSD, so "Negotiations" with Sun (or any other company) to get a "license agreement" in order to use their code, simply will *_NOT_* happen. Either it's licensed in a way acceptable to OpenBSD's stated goals and policy (both previously linked) or we simply don't use/support it. If the *something* is still really needed in OpenBSD but it's not properly licensed, the very most that will happen is (hopefully) someone will start their own (re)implementation of said *something* under an acceptable license. -Hence the reason I was joking about hell freezing over. Kind Regards, JCR -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
