Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:08:08 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Anthony Green <green@redhat.com> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [press@apache.org: PRESS RELEASE: ASF Reaches Agreement with Sun to Allow Open Source Java Implementations] Message-ID: <15523.19960.610629.306337@caddis.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <1017328351.3770.59.camel@dhcppc2> References: <20020328114700.U47000-100000@luke.hangzone.dk> <1017328351.3770.59.camel@dhcppc2>
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> > are there any overview on how many would be interested in doing a > > opensource jvm? and perhaps something that needs to be done? > > Rather than start work on a new opensource jvm, why not help out on one > of the existing opensource jvms. In case anyone is thinking of doing this, realize that *IF* you've downloaded the Sun JDK (to build the port), you may not be in a good legal position to work on GCJ, since you've had access to Sun's source code. > In the short term, right now we're preparing for the GCC 3.1 release > (gcj is part of GCC). FreeBSD is one of the platforms giving us a > little trouble right now. See... > http://gcc.gnu.org/java/gcj-3.1-status.html > We could use help looking into the test failures on x86 FreeBSD, and > perhaps even trying builds on currently untested platforms. Unfortunately, some folks who are capable of helping have legal entanglements due to Sun licensing that prevents them from helping. :( Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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