Re: Does J2SDK 5.0 BCL preclude contributions to Classpath?

[Robert Schuster]

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Hi Matt,
have you seen this:
http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/ClasspathFirstSteps#head-9d8423acc71a1bd7817642969981efd5331078d0

Is that answering your question?

cu
Robert

Matt Van Gundy wrote:
> Classpath developers,
> 
> In an attempt to upgrade my the JVM on my development box to Sun's latest
> release I was perusing the new version of the BCL and noticed that the
> "Java Technology Restrictions" section had changed from previous BCLs.  
> I quote it for reference:
> 
> 
>>D. Java Technology Restrictions.  You may not create, 
>>modify, or change the behavior of, or authorize your 
>>licensees to create, modify, or change the behavior of, 
>>classes, interfaces, or subpackages that are in any way 
>>identified as "java", "javax", "sun" or similar convention 
>>as specified by Sun in any naming convention designation.
> 
> 
> Previous versions of the license that I have accepted prohibited creating 
> additions to the java, javax, and swing namespaces which I have always 
> interpreted as, we are not allowed to change the behavior of the standard 
> API.  However, it appears that the current license is trying to restrict 
> the ability to create any class so named.
> 
> My burning question is, does acceptance of this license effectively 
> preclude a developer from participating in cleanroom efforts such as 
> Classpath?  Or, am I missing something?  I searched your website, as well 
> of that of Kaffe and Blackdown for commentary and failed to find anything 
> that appeared to be relevant.
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> Matt Van Gundy
> 
> 
> 
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