Java OSS

2001-03-02 Thread Artur Radosz
Something more positive :) http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/wlg/119 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Alexander Hvostov
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Seth Arnold wrote: > * Alexander Hvostov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010302 18:23]: > > Those who believe Java and free software is a sad landscape are woefully > > unaware of reality... If this were the case, why does GNU seem to > > wholeheartedly support it? They even have a page d

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Seth Arnold
* Alexander Hvostov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010302 18:23]: > Those who believe Java and free software is a sad landscape are woefully > unaware of reality... If this were the case, why does GNU seem to > wholeheartedly support it? They even have a page devoted to GNU Java > software! I think we may n

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
>> I just wanted to say (or write) that although I generally disagreed with >> you, I completelly support all you have said. Java and FS is a sad >> landscape. > Those who believe Java and free software is a sad landscape are woefully > unaware of reality... If this were the case, why does GNU see

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Alexander Hvostov
On Sat, 3 Mar 2001, Vincent Renardias wrote: > > On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Alexander Hvostov wrote: > > > Those who believe Java and free software is a sad landscape are woefully > > unaware of reality... If this were the case, why does GNU seem to > > wholeheartedly support it? They even have a page

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Vincent Renardias
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Alexander Hvostov wrote: > Those who believe Java and free software is a sad landscape are woefully > unaware of reality... If this were the case, why does GNU seem to > wholeheartedly support it? They even have a page devoted to GNU Java > software! If you were yourself a ja

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Those who believe Java and free software is a sad landscape are woefully unaware of reality... If this were the case, why does GNU seem to wholeheartedly support it? They even have a page devoted to GNU Java software! Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
I just wanted to say (or write) that although I generally disagreed with you, I completelly support all you have said. Java and FS is a sad landscape.

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Alexander Hvostov
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Seth Arnold wrote: > * Alexander Hvostov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010302 18:23]: > > Those who believe Java and free software is a sad landscape are woefully > > unaware of reality... If this were the case, why does GNU seem to > > wholeheartedly support it? They even have a page

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Seth Arnold
* Alexander Hvostov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010302 18:23]: > Those who believe Java and free software is a sad landscape are woefully > unaware of reality... If this were the case, why does GNU seem to > wholeheartedly support it? They even have a page devoted to GNU Java > software! I think we may

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
>> I just wanted to say (or write) that although I generally disagreed with >> you, I completelly support all you have said. Java and FS is a sad >> landscape. > Those who believe Java and free software is a sad landscape are woefully > unaware of reality... If this were the case, why does GNU se

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Alexander Hvostov
On Sat, 3 Mar 2001, Vincent Renardias wrote: > > On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Alexander Hvostov wrote: > > > Those who believe Java and free software is a sad landscape are woefully > > unaware of reality... If this were the case, why does GNU seem to > > wholeheartedly support it? They even have a page

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Vincent Renardias
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Alexander Hvostov wrote: > Those who believe Java and free software is a sad landscape are woefully > unaware of reality... If this were the case, why does GNU seem to > wholeheartedly support it? They even have a page devoted to GNU Java > software! If you were yourself a j

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Those who believe Java and free software is a sad landscape are woefully unaware of reality... If this were the case, why does GNU seem to wholeheartedly support it? They even have a page devoted to GNU Java software! Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
I just wanted to say (or write) that although I generally disagreed with you, I completelly support all you have said. Java and FS is a sad landscape. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Gregory Griffis
unsubscribe!!! ~~~ From: Artur Radosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Seth Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: debian-java@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Quitting debian-java Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 10:55:16 +0100 Seth Arnold wrote: Netscape is there by virtue of being *the* web browser. And sun/ibm/

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Gregory Griffis
unsubscribe!!! ~~~ >From: Artur Radosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Seth Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Quitting debian-java >Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 10:55:16 +0100 > >Seth Arnold wrote: > >> >>Netscape is there by virtue of being *the* web browser. > >And

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Artur Radosz
Seth Arnold wrote: Don't get too happy with non-free. It almost got cut a few months back, and I don't expect it to live forever. I don't know how I feel about the issue, but Debian *is* based on the idea of being completely Free. Yeah, cut everything. It`s time to change distro. Anyway, there is

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Seth Arnold
* Artur Radosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010302 01:58]: > > non-free is not part of Debian. realplayer comes only as an installer. > > For me it`s :). It`s listed in installer. Mirorred on your sites. > Packaged in .deb. Don't get too happy with non-free. It almost got cut a few months back, and I do

Kaffe and Microsoft [Was: Quitting debian-java]

2001-03-02 Thread Edouard G. Parmelan
Per Bothner wrote: > Alan KF LAU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Just for everybody's information. kaffe is in fact developed under a > > contract to Microsoft, please see > > http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,20225,00.html > > This quite misleading. As far as I know, the Microsoft

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Artur Radosz
Alexander Hvostov wrote: Artur, No package should depend directly on Sun's (or any other) Java implementation. Rather, they should depend on java-virtual-machine or java-compiler. Regards, Alex. Yes. But i will rather see java2-vm and maybe java2-compiler etc. I don`t want broke anything that is a

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Artur Radosz
Seth Arnold wrote: Netscape is there by virtue of being *the* web browser. And sun/ibm/blackdown java should be there as *the* Java2 implementation! I would imagine its days are numbered. (As konqueror, mozilla, and more improve drastically every day..) I also would imagine that some day there wil

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Artur, No package should depend directly on Sun's (or any other) Java implementation. Rather, they should depend on java-virtual-machine or java-compiler. Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Artur Radosz
Seth Arnold wrote: * Artur Radosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010302 01:10]: Artur, the problem is very simple. I hope I can explain it simply enoug Debian is about Free Software. Free as in BSD, GPL, LGPL, Artistic, XFree86, etc. All these licenses satisfy the requirements of the Debian What about non-fr

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Seth Arnold
* Artur Radosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010302 01:10]: > > Artur, the problem is very simple. I hope I can explain it simply enoug > > Debian is about Free Software. Free as in BSD, GPL, LGPL, Artistic, > > XFree86, etc. All these licenses satisfy the requirements of the Debian > > What about non-free

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Artur Radosz
Seth Arnold wrote: * Artur Radosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010301 10:27]: Yeah, but with this solution there is no way to include other free java2 apzz and libs in distribution. Artur, the problem is very simple. I hope I can explain it simply enoug Debian is about Free Software. Free as in BSD, GPL,

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Artur Radosz
Seth Arnold wrote: > > Don't get too happy with non-free. It almost got cut a few months back, > and I don't expect it to live forever. I don't know how I feel about the > issue, but Debian *is* based on the idea of being completely Free. Yeah, cut everything. It`s time to change distro. > >>

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Seth Arnold
* Artur Radosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010302 01:58]: > > non-free is not part of Debian. realplayer comes only as an installer. > > For me it`s :). It`s listed in installer. Mirorred on your sites. > Packaged in .deb. Don't get too happy with non-free. It almost got cut a few months back, and I d

Kaffe and Microsoft [Was: Quitting debian-java]

2001-03-02 Thread Edouard G. Parmelan
Per Bothner wrote: > Alan KF LAU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Just for everybody's information. kaffe is in fact developed under a > > contract to Microsoft, please see > > http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,20225,00.html > > This quite misleading. As far as I know, the Microsof

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Artur Radosz
Alexander Hvostov wrote: > Artur, > > No package should depend directly on Sun's (or any other) Java > implementation. Rather, they should depend on java-virtual-machine or > java-compiler. > > Regards, > > Alex. Yes. But i will rather see java2-vm and maybe java2-compiler etc. I don`t want

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Artur Radosz
Seth Arnold wrote: > > Netscape is there by virtue of being *the* web browser. And sun/ibm/blackdown java should be there as *the* Java2 implementation! > I would imagine > its days are numbered. (As konqueror, mozilla, and more improve > drastically every day..) I also would imagine that so

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Artur, No package should depend directly on Sun's (or any other) Java implementation. Rather, they should depend on java-virtual-machine or java-compiler. Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Artur Radosz
Seth Arnold wrote: > * Artur Radosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010302 01:10]: > >>> Artur, the problem is very simple. I hope I can explain it simply enoug >>> Debian is about Free Software. Free as in BSD, GPL, LGPL, Artistic, >>> XFree86, etc. All these licenses satisfy the requirements of the Debia

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Alexander Hvostov
[Note: This is Cc'd to debian-devel and debian-security because of the discussion regarding RMS' su diatribe; subscribers to these lists might find it interesting, scroll down past the Java stuff if you are, and feel free to ignore this message if you're not. Please don't flame me. I'm thin-skinned

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Seth Arnold
* Artur Radosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010302 01:10]: > > Artur, the problem is very simple. I hope I can explain it simply enoug > > Debian is about Free Software. Free as in BSD, GPL, LGPL, Artistic, > > XFree86, etc. All these licenses satisfy the requirements of the Debian > > What about non-fre

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Artur Radosz
Seth Arnold wrote: > * Artur Radosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010301 10:27]: > >> Yeah, but with this solution there is no way to include other free java2 >> apzz and libs in distribution. > > > Artur, the problem is very simple. I hope I can explain it simply enoug > Debian is about Free Software

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Seth Arnold
* Alexander Hvostov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010301 22:35]: > That's why you create classes under packages other than `java' or > `javax'. The Java API proper is in the `java' and `javax' packages, and > Sun is simply trying to keep Java consistent across implementations by > using their IP powers to m

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Alexander Hvostov
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Seth Arnold wrote: > * Alexander Hvostov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010301 21:31]: > > > is their implementation of Java Not Free, the API itself is also Not > > > Free and cannot be reproduced without licensing from Sun. > > > > I suggest getting some lawyers on the task, then. >

Re: Quitting debian-java

2001-03-02 Thread Seth Arnold
* Alexander Hvostov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010301 21:31]: > > is their implementation of Java Not Free, the API itself is also Not > > Free and cannot be reproduced without licensing from Sun. > > I suggest getting some lawyers on the task, then. With what money? :) > Last time I checked, there wa