Re: CORBA

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi,

On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 08:37 +0100, Dalibor Topic wrote:
> In my opinion, it's really up to customers that want such proof to do 
> whatever it takes to obtain it, and not to the FSF, in general. While 
> I've started the TCK dance with Sun as a 'qualified individual'

Thanks for doing that btw. Obviously GNU Classpath is just the core
libraries which are used as one of the building blocks for a full
development environment that might or might not pass the TCK as you
pointed out in your application. But we are positive that we want to
help you in any way to pass the TCK. And we will happily accept any code
changes that you think are necessary. Because I think we all feel that
clear interfaces, compatibility and unit testing are a good thing for
our users (in addition to the four freedoms).

> A badge is not important for free software, though, as the recepient can 
> always peer under the hood and see if the software does what it claims 
> to do. In particular if the software comes with its own extensive free 
> software test suites, like mauve, jacks and all that.

I think badges are very useful actually. But I also think that users
should have the freedom to verify such claims. That is why Mauve is so
important. And why it is so good to see that Mauve is growing so fastly
these days.

Cheers,

Mark

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