From owner-freebsd-java Sat Aug 25 13:51:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from yez.hyperreal.org (dsl027-182-008.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.27.182.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B6BB637B403 for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2001 13:51:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@collab.net) Received: (qmail 47988 invoked by uid 1000); 25 Aug 2001 20:51:11 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 25 Aug 2001 20:51:11 -0000 Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 13:51:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Behlendorf X-X-Sender: To: Cc: Subject: Re: Contributing... In-Reply-To: <20010825115852W.shudoh@aist.go.jp> Message-ID: <20010825135036.I42682-100000@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message