Re: [Classpathx-discuss] RE: On Java and open source

[Dalibor Topic]

Mark Wielaard wrote:
> Hi,

> But maybe all this talk about compatibility will at least lead to the
> Kaffe team finally getting access to the TCK on reasonable terms. And
> after the release (waiting for some feedback from the Jikes RVM hackers)
> we should try to explain the JCP pitfalls again now that there is an
> explicit invitation of "joining". I sometimes just need to be convinced
> that Sun is sincere in these dialogs.

I'll ask the JDK 1.5 (or is that 5.0 now? :) JSR spec lead again about 
what terms the TCK will actually fall under. The JSR says that they want 
to detangle it from the runtime code [1], but it lacks any details.

I figured that writing to people at Sun during JavaOne is lost time, 
from my experience of replying to  Simon Phipps' e-mails before he went 
to FISL. Haven't got a reply on these yet, either. :) So, I'll let 
everyone at Sun cool down after the conference, wade through their spam, 
and bring up the 'so what are the new TCK licensing conditions going to 
be like' question again end of the week.

cheers,
dalibor topic

[1] No idea why someone would tie a conformance testing kit to a 
particular implementation. I belive I read somewhere that Sun's verifier 
code was lurking deep in the TCK, among other things.