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Re: 2nd quarter of 2007 and no GPL code of Java from Sun.
- From: Mohan Embar <gnustuff at thisiscool dot com>
- To: David Daney <ddaney at avtrex dot com>
- Cc: tromey at redhat dot com, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:47:40 -0500
- Subject: Re: 2nd quarter of 2007 and no GPL code of Java from Sun.
- Reply-to: gnustuff at thisiscool dot com
Hi David,
>We freeloaders tend to dread the prospect that we will have to pay for
>what we have become accustomed to receiving gratis. It should be
>remembered that there is no inalienable right to free Red Hat services.
Why not? Didn't they already set a precedent with Fedora? :)
>There are several companies that make a business of selling proprietary
>java runtime environments for embedded devices. I wonder if it would be
>possible to survive by providing support for gcj/libgcj...
That handles your embedded devices scenario, not my Win32 scenario.
I know it's too premature to speculate on the future and wasn't really
expecting a real answer, just thinking out loud.
-- Mohan
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