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Java Community Process (JCP) and the JSPA
- From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
- To: "Hernandez, Fabian" <fabian dot hernandez at eds dot com>
- Cc: "'java at gcc dot gnu dot org'" <java at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:10:39 +0100
- Subject: Java Community Process (JCP) and the JSPA
- References: <E850A28DAB65D411B8E300508BDFE3241491677A@USPLM211.txpln.us.eds.com>
Hernandez, Fabian writes:
> Has anyone signed the Java Community Process (JCP) JSPA (Java Specification
> Participation Agreement)?
We haven't, because it might contaminate us.
> Does anyone know if the 2.5 version of the JSPA (the one with the changes
> requested by Apache Software Foundation) has a negative effect on
> participating in GCJ project? Is it possible to sign the JSPA and be a
> collaborator for GCJ?
In general we don't accept contributions from anyone who has signed
Sun papers. I suppose we'd need opinion of counsel to find out for
sure.
I haven't seen the 2.5 version of the JSPA.
Andrew.