Re: GCJ and Sun going GPL (again)

[Marco Trudel <mtrudel at gmx dot ch>]

Andrew Haley wrote:
> Marco Trudel writes:
>  > 
>  > I'm sorry to bring this question up again, although it was already there 
>  > twice, but I didn't get a satisfying view of how GCJ will react on the 
>  > latest Sun actions.
>  > So far only Andrew responded and to me, it looked like the summarized 
>  > answer was "GCJ won't change anything". Is that correct?
>
> No.  If there is one thing I really hate, it's being misrepresented.
> Please don't ever do it again.
>
> For anyone who wants to know what I actually wrote, the posting is at
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2006-11/msg00031.html.

Sorry, but after reading it again, I'm still at the same opinion as 
before... You don't say anything about how GCJ will react on the 
GPLization from Java. Thus my conclusion from what you said is an empty 
set what means nothing will change... It might be a brave conclusion, 
but in my opinion it's valid from what I have read...
I don't mean to offend you, I just summarized up what I have read on the 
list and brought in some of my thoughts. Just to get the topic on the 
table once again because it didn't seem to be finished...


>  <snip>
>
>  > Anything I missed? Ideas? Hints? Opinions?
>
> We need to get the actual code to know that for sure.  There are
> issues of platform coverage and VM interface that we won't know until
> we see it.

Ah, the code isn't released yet? I thought it was already... Then I 
think the topic should be brought up again when this happens.


Marco