From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18944 invoked by alias); 25 Jul 2003 03:00:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact mauve-discuss-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: mauve-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 18937 invoked from network); 25 Jul 2003 03:00:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net) (207.217.120.123) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 25 Jul 2003 03:00:57 -0000 Received: from user-2ive6g8.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.26.8] helo=yourviu5vcdub5) by swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19fspD-0006iT-00 for mauve-discuss@sources.redhat.com; Thu, 24 Jul 2003 20:00:56 -0700 Message-ID: <00d301c35259$2c0c5ac0$9865fea9@yourviu5vcdub5> From: "PureNative Software" To: Subject: Using Mauve for Our Project Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 03:00:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-SW-Source: 2003-q3/txt/msg00003.txt.bz2 I am presently involved with the NewJ Library for C++, a cleanroom implementation of the Java API in 100% native C++, for C++ environments. It uses natural C++ like CNI does, but it does not require any VM at all and works with regular ANSI C++ compilers (like gcc and VC++) without requiring extensions. We have been using Mauve internally for some time now and are really benefiting from it. In fact, we have converted the entire Mauve project to native C++. We are wishing to make this native C++ version of Mauve available as open source to the public. However, the NewJ Library for C++ just like Sun's Java Platform is based on open standards but is not open source. Thus, compiling our C++ version of Mauve requires our NewJ Library header files and static library, which are not open source. (The Trial Edition is available as a free download from our Web site at http://www.pure-native.com.) Is it permissible for us to distribute our C++ version of Mauve to the public without the underlying library being open source? This seems partially covered by the FAQ but we wish to have some clarification before proceeding. Thank you in advance. Regards, Vargas PureNative Software