Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 13:43:18 +1030 (CST) From: Gregory D Lewis <glewis@maths.adelaide.edu.au> To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: JDK 1.2 and JCK 1.2 licensed to Linux porting team Message-ID: <199810250313.NAA04395@spam.maths.adelaide.edu.au>
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Saw the following article via a pointer on slashdot. The article itself is at http://www.lwn.net/daily/java.html and reads: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 18:54:28 -0700 To: lwn@lwn.net From: Steve Byrne <sbb@freegate.com> Subject: Sun licenses JDK 1.2 source code to Linux porting team Sun has licensed the Linux Java porting team to have access to the 1.2 source base, and the 1.2 Java Compatibility Kit test suite. This puts the Linux porting team on an equal footing with all of the other commerical source licensees of the JDK, in terms of being able to validate and certify that the Linux port is 100% Java Compatible (which apparently the Microsoft JDK still isn't). The porting effort itself is quite far along, with most features already working. A couple of areas (audio, and the color matching system) are still in need of being ported, but the rest of the system is working. Personally, I'm really excited about this change in Sun's attitude towards the Linux community. They've been working behind the scenes trying to make the source code and JCK available for many months now, and now they are. They've also loaned some hardware to the porting team to help ensure that Linux JDK runs (and runs well) on as many Linux platforms as possible. I think that JDK 1.2 will have significant impact on the popularity of Java, and I'm very happy that I can be a part of making it a reality on the Linux platform in a timely manner. [Please direct any correspondence to my home address: sbb@gnu.org] Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It'd be nice if a similar thing could happen in terms of FreeBSD too! -- Greg Lewis Applied Maths Department Email : glewis@maths.adelaide.edu.au University of Adelaide -- Very few profundities can be expressed in less than 80 characters. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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