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Re: why libgcj.jar
- From: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at waitaki dot otago dot ac dot nz>
- To: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Cc: emberson at phc dot net
- Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:25:21 +1300
- Subject: Re: why libgcj.jar
- References: <200111212249.fALMndn21280@olympia.localDomain>
Richard Emberson wrote:
>Why is there any java code in gcj at all?
>
>Why was not the approach taken where all of the Sun
>bytecode was compiled into libraries that depended upon
>Sun's underlying platform libraries.
>
Because Java is not free software. You can't, for example, go and
compile Sun's code into your native application and then redistribute
it, at least not without some kind of special license from Sun.
Besides, its more fun to write our own libraries!
regards
Bryce.