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Date:      Sat, 25 Aug 2001 13:51:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Brian Behlendorf <brian@hyperreal.org>
To:        <shudo@computer.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-java@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Contributing...
Message-ID:  <20010825135036.I42682-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20010825115852W.shudoh@aist.go.jp>

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On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 shudo@computer.org wrote:
> I have been afraid of contamination of excellent developers involved
> in FreeBSD/Java. As we know, once a hacker sign Sun proprietary
> licenses, she/he can contribute for GNU Java projects no longer. If
> one has signed SCSL or the old JDK license to download the JDK source
> code, she/he is not allowed to contribute to the GCJ project,
> Classpath, and Mauve. Contribution to other many Java projects like
> Japhar, SableVM, AromaVM and kissme may be prohibited.

Note that this is a GNU policy, not a Sun policy (AFAIK).

	Brian



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