Gentoo Archives: gentoo-alpha

From: Davide Cittaro <davide.cittaro@×××××××××××××××.it>
To: gentoo-alpha@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alpha] java on alpha?
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:29:05
Message-Id: 2B122214-E2B9-4419-97D7-FCD1D2E24B8D@ifom-ieo-campus.it
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-alpha] java on alpha? by Stanislav Boscik
1 Hi,
2 Yes, I was wrong. AFAIR the only java compiler and the HotSpot VM
3 have been just released under GPL (http://www.sun.com/software/
4 opensource/java/project_overview.jsp). Nevertheless this could be a
5 step forward in "java quest on alphas" :-)
6
7 d
8 On Nov 14, 2006, at 10:14 AM, Stanislav Boscik wrote:
9
10 > Hi,
11 > Java have not been released under GPL yet - SUN just promissed to
12 > release it in March 2007. Some parts of the code are licensed under
13 > proprietary 3rd party licenses and cannot be released under GPL
14 > therefore. We can expect that some development will be needed in
15 > order to have functional Java release under GPL.
16 > Now we can only hope!
17 > SB
18 >
19 >
20 > From: Davide Cittaro [mailto:davide.cittaro@×××××××××××××××.it]
21 > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 9:29 AM
22 > To: gentoo-alpha@l.g.o
23 > Subject: [gentoo-alpha] java on alpha?
24 >
25 > Hi there, since Java has been released now with a open license, do
26 > you think it will be possible to have a recent (and decent) java VM
27 > on our gentoo alphas?
28 >
29 > d
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