Object* classes

[Jules Bean]

On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Per Bothner wrote:

> > Note that there's a complete (GPL'ed) working (including inter-operating
> > with the JDK) implementation of serialisation in Kaffe, which you could
> > take code or simply algorithms from. 
> 
> We cannot take code from Kaffe, because of the license.  Our
> customers need to be able to use libgcj in embedded systems, which
> the LGPL would preclude.  Yes, libgcj is also LGPL, but Cygnus owns
> it, so we can put a different license on our commercial product.
> The situation is slightly confusing, and not my preference,
> but Cygnus has put a lot of money into Gcj, and management is
> rightly concerned that we not get ripped off.  Nothing is cast
> in stone, but we think the current situation is workable for now.

In fact, the Kaffe classes are GPL.  The fact that classpath classes are
LGPL is a small inconsistency in the GNU project's philosophy ;)

> 
> However, it is possible for original author of original Kaffe code
> to *also* donate the same code to libgcj.  This may happen with
> the Object serialization code from Classpath.
> 
> I hope the various free Java class library projects can
> co-operate, but it may take some time.  Co-operation does
> not need to be all-or-nothing - we might all use a common
> free implementation of Swing (say), while still using
> separate versions of java.lang (say).

And, you can always exchange ideas, without worrying about licenses or
copyright. Thank God.

Jules

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