I agree with you Mario. As for your conclusion, I've been trying on the either part, as I'm not capable of the or part. Mario Lang writes: > Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > He was asking about free software tts. DEC Talk isn't free. The only > > other free that I am aware of is Free TTS: > > > > http://freetts.sf.net > > Oh yeah, free as in "Free for you if you control the Java license". > > And nowadays, they even managed to port Sphinx over to Java. > > I really really hate Sun for these obvious strategic moves. > If Java were truly free, no one would object. > But thats how market share aquisation goes it seems. > > Look at what we got: FreeTTS, Sphinx and for OpenOffice, we need the Java > Access Bridge. That is 3 major accessibility related components > which are based on top of Java, and therefore prevent > distributors who truly care for Free Software from > integrating these components. I've tried several times to compile > these three things on top of a truly free java implementation, but > it seems they're doing their best to prevent this from working > by using the latest and "greatest" Java SDK tech in their code. > > All in all, Sun is obviously trying to make Java a required > component of your computer system when it comes to Accessibility. > I guess thats what one gets out of a deal by investing > efforts into it, but it is amazing how no one seems to realize > this, or seems to do anything about it. > > Either Sun changes its license for Java such that it is > more easily redistributable, or we'll have to ensure that > the Java components in the Accessibility area do run > on Free Java Alternatives. Something has to be done. > > -- > CYa, > Mario > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: +1 202.494.7040 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list