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List:       linux-java
Subject:    Re: Sun's License for Java 2
From:       "Oliver Fels" <ofels () neurotec ! de>
Date:       1999-02-25 8:57:23
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> Uli Luckas writes:
>  > Why can IBM publish an 'almost' ready java 2 VM and why can't the linux
>  > porters?
>  > Maybe they can and don't know it?
> 
> I'm sorry, it clearly states in our license agreement (which I don't think I
> can quote) that we have to pass JCK first.   IBM has different licensing terms,
> but this is not unusual -- each organization that licenses JDK works out terms,
> including commercial terms with Sun, and those terms will vary.  I should have
> pushed harder on the pre-release w/o ability; at the time I didn't have access
> to the JCK, and therefore had no knowledge of how far off getting things to
> pass JCK really was.

Besides, one should notice how big the JAVA development team is 
IBM has and how much financial input IBM can give to speed 
things up in contrast to the Linux team.

> On a happier note: we now pass one of the JCK tests, so I've changed the
> runtime-vm box in the status page to green (YAY!).  Thanks to Anand P. from Sun
> who diagnosed and provided the fixes!

Great, I appreciate any progress and it seems I happen to like that 
color on your web site. Go on and colorize it  :-)

Oliver

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