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Re: Contributing to the GCJ project.
- To: Kai-Peter G Backman <kpbackma at cc dot helsinki dot fi>
- Subject: Re: Contributing to the GCJ project.
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:27:41 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <Pine.OSF.4.20.0007301730060.30965-100000@sirppi.helsinki.fi>
>>>>> ">" == Kai-Peter G Backman <kpbackma@cc.helsinki.fi> writes:
>> I have some questions about contributing to the gcj/libgcj project. I
>> understand thet the libgcj is a cleanroom implementation like Classpath.
>> Back in -95 I downloaded the source for the JDK release 1.0alpha3
>> electronically agreeing to some kind of lisence (neither the source or the
>> license are any longer in my posession). I never actually managed to do
>> anything useful with the source and just deleted it almost untouched after
>> a few weeks. Does anyone know if I can contribute to gcj/libgcj (or
>> Classpath) ?
I don't think you can contribute :-(.
My understanding is that what matters is that you signed something.
Whether you were actually able to use the source isn't relevant.
This kind of agreement is a trap that Sun sets for the unwary.
Tom