Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 09:19:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> To: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> Cc: Mark Abene <phiber@radicalmedia.com>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: JDK status? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.21.0006060918100.8118-100000@agnostic.union.cynic.net> In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D75EA@l04.research.kpn.com>
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Koster, K.J. wrote: > At this time, everyone is free to download the patches and build his own JDK > after signing the SCSL. Even without a binary distribution option, we can > make a killer port out of this baby. Sure, but what's the point if nobody can use it. Most of the world is not interested in getting a source license and building it themselves. > Nate Williams just made a unofficial, off-the-record, speculative > pre-announcement on freebsd-java. Basically he says that at JavaOne there > should be a happy surprise for Java/FreeBSD people. Yeah, but this worries me, because where does this leave the NetBSD folks? I hope this isn't going to be `FreeBSD gets to join the little clique with Linux whilst all other free software is left out in the cold.' cjs -- Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> 917 532 4208 http://www.netbsd.org Human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to move the stars. --Gustave Flaubert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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