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On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Per Bothner wrote: > > Note that there's a complete (GPL'ed) working (including inter-operating > > with the JDK) implementation of serialisation in Kaffe, which you could > > take code or simply algorithms from. > > We cannot take code from Kaffe, because of the license. Our > customers need to be able to use libgcj in embedded systems, which > the LGPL would preclude. Yes, libgcj is also LGPL, but Cygnus owns > it, so we can put a different license on our commercial product. > The situation is slightly confusing, and not my preference, > but Cygnus has put a lot of money into Gcj, and management is > rightly concerned that we not get ripped off. Nothing is cast > in stone, but we think the current situation is workable for now. In fact, the Kaffe classes are GPL. The fact that classpath classes are LGPL is a small inconsistency in the GNU project's philosophy ;) > > However, it is possible for original author of original Kaffe code > to *also* donate the same code to libgcj. This may happen with > the Object serialization code from Classpath. > > I hope the various free Java class library projects can > co-operate, but it may take some time. Co-operation does > not need to be all-or-nothing - we might all use a common > free implementation of Swing (say), while still using > separate versions of java.lang (say). And, you can always exchange ideas, without worrying about licenses or copyright. Thank God. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | jules@jellybean.co.uk | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | jules@debian.org | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/