[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi > > I am given to understand that someone has found a problem in the license of > jdk, to the point that same person finds that debian cannot distribute the jdk > at all. I was told that the problem found in the license has existed for a > long time. > > If this is the case, > > WHY is a jdk that doesn't even work in potato? By precisely the same token, > why is there a jdk in ANY debian dist?? Is there a difference in the license > between versions? Has anyone talked to Sun? > > If this is NOT the case, > > Can this be resolved quickly please? I would imagine that it is the intent of > Sun that Java in its pure form would make it big. I have a few java projects > that I'm taking off the back burner presently, and now this. > > Inquiring, jdk-using minds want to know.
[This is intended to be a helpful comment - I hope it doesn't come across as a troll] Kaffe (www.kaffe.org) is, in my experience, a fast and efficient replacement for the JDK (1.1, some of 1.2 is implemented). It includes a native AWT and a JIT, and whilst performance isn't excellent, it's as good as jdk-interpreted, and.... it's open source. Completely. Including a reimplementation of classes.zip, clean-room, ground-up, with source code. The Kaffe team are, in my experience, swift to response to, and fix, bugs (more than you can say for Sun). So, if you have a Java project, at least assess whether or not it is feasible to use kaffe (and support open source!). Jules -- /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
