From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12363 invoked by alias); 16 Sep 2014 21:04:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact java-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: java-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 12347 invoked by uid 89); 16 Sep 2014 21:04:27 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,FREEMAIL_REPLY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: nm18-vm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: from nm18-vm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (HELO nm18-vm4.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com) (98.138.91.178) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:04:26 +0000 Received: from [98.138.101.132] by nm18.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 Sep 2014 21:04:24 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.165] by tm20.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 Sep 2014 21:04:24 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1021.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 Sep 2014 21:04:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 73834 invoked by uid 60001); 16 Sep 2014 21:04:23 -0000 Received: from [199.230.203.254] by web124704.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:04:23 PDT Message-ID: <1410901463.73029.YahooMailBasic@web124704.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:04:00 -0000 From: Bill Chatfield Subject: Re: Next steps for GNU Classpath To: Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia , =?iso-8859-1?Q?And=EF=EF?= Cc: Andrew Haley , "classpath@gnu.org" , "java@gcc.gnu.org" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-09/txt/msg00043.txt.bz2 I went looking for Zulu's source code. It should available since OpenJDK is= GPLed. But they do not provide it unless you request it and then it looks = like they only provide the parts that were based on GPL code, which implies= that there is more code to their product that they aren't going to provide= . That seems to violate the spirit of the GPL. This is their readme.txt: Certain portions of this software are based on source code from OpenJDK (http://openjdk.java.net/) and licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2) with the Classpath Exception (http:// openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html). For a period of three years from the date of your receipt of this software, Azul will provide upon request, a complete machine readable copy of the source code for such portions based on OpenJDK on a medium customarily used for software interchange for a charge no more than the cost of physically performing source distribution. Please email azul_openjdk@azulsystems.com for further information. Include this version code in your email: Zulu 8.3.0.1 cc8d4b0a1963 -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 9/16/14, And=EF=EF wrote: Subject: Re: Next steps for GNU Classpath To: "Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia" Cc: "Bill Chatfield" , "Andrew Haley" , "classpath@gnu.org" , "java@gcc.gnu.org" Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 3:56 PM =20 On 16 September 2014 17:01, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote: > Hi Bill, > > 2014-09-16 17:47 GMT+02:00 Bill Chatfield : >> OpenJDK is Linux-only. It does not work on Windows. This defeats the purpose of Java of being cross-platform. You might say that Windows has Oracle's Java, but it is not GPLed. It cannot be redistributed or bundled with an app. It is huge and copyrighted. When you install it, it tries to screw you over by installing the Ask Toolbar. These are problems that GCJ does not have. > > Just came across this which may address some of these concerns: > > http://www.azulsystems.com/products/zulu > > -- > Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia > guille.rodriguez@gmail.com =20 That's an interesting site I haven't seen before. It claims to offer OpenJDK 6 u42, u47, u49 and u53. However, there is no such thing. --=20 Andii :-)