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Re: [gNewSense-users] GPL Java
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Matthew Flaschen |
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Re: [gNewSense-users] GPL Java |
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Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:56:54 -0400 |
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Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Tin Tin wrote:
>> Dear all
>>
>> I would like to ask when would GPL-ed Java be appearing in gNewSense
>> repository?
>
> My guess is, when it appears in Ubuntu, which will be after it appears
> in Debian, which will be after it all really goes GPL. :) So far, only
> the compiler and VM have been released. These aren't much use without
> the class libraries (I don't think the compiler can compile with
> Classpath), so we're waiting on them. Supposedly, all the code should
> be released in the first half of this year (i.e. within a few months).
> Java is huge (albeit structured), so packaging may take a little while.
>
> Matt Flaschen
Of course, you can use the (imperfect) free implementations now. Install:
java-gcj-compat-dev
Matt Flaschen