On Sunday 30 December 2007, Rahul Sundaram wrote: >Les Mikesell wrote: >> The bigger problem is distributing something that is not java compatable >> but executing it with the java name. Microsoft tried to promote an >> incompatible program that similarly fit their agenda with the java name >> and Sun successfully sued them over it. The fedora-shipped not-java >> program that executes with the java name does just as much damage and >> shouldn't be named java until it passes the compatibility tests. I'm >> surprised fedora's legal dept. allowed this abuse of a trademarked name. > >That's because trademark does not apply to filenames. Sun doesn't >consider classpath or GCJ as damage to Java in any way and has even used >the same license classpath originally had for their new openjdk effort. >IcedTea is a free and open source derivative of OpenJDK and included in >Fedora 8 by default and Sun has continued to use that as a prototype to >remove the binary encumbrances in their code. Once OpenJDK becomes >completely open source, Fedora will include that by default. > >Besides a compatible version of Java requires signing a test suite which >until recently came with onerous restrictions that has been lifted and >paved the way to better compatibility. > >http://www.press.redhat.com/2007/11/05/red-hat-helps-advance-open-source-jav >a/ > >Rahul Excellent news, Rahul. Unforch not in time for F8, F9 maybe? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) There can be no twisted thought without a twisted molecule. -- R. W. Gerard
