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Re: 2nd quarter of 2007 and no GPL code of Java from Sun.

From: David Daney <ddaney at avtrex dot com>
To: gnustuff at thisiscool dot com
Cc: tromey at redhat dot com, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:33:24 -0700
Subject: Re: 2nd quarter of 2007 and no GPL code of Java from Sun.
References: <HGHFQM65OMPLMECPN75X1XZWOND1Y.46128a84@parallels>

Mohan Embar wrote:

 I shudder at the thought of Red Hat support
for gcj drying up.

Many are in the same situation.

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.

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...

David Daney

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