>>>>> "Tom" == Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: Tom> In fact, long term, I'd rather see all of the tools in cp-tools Tom> merged into cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/classpath and used by Tom> all bundlers of GNU Classpath. Yeah, I agree. This has a number of benefits, and I can't think of any drawbacks. We discussed this on irc a bit and one thing that came up was licensing. In particular, I think we want to be sure that the various tools are usable in a typical java environment -- so for instance I think we want it to be clear to end users, packagers, etc, that it is fine for 'ant' to load gjdoc (or any Classspath tool) from the tools.jar. >From my perspective this would be simplest if we made sure all the tools were also GPL+Exception. This would also make it simpler to refactor code across the tool/core boundary. However, a relicense may not actually be required. A statement from the FSF assuring people that this kind of use is allowable would probably suffice. Tom> Toward that end, I plan to propose merging gcjappletviewer into Tom> GNU Classpath once the security work is done. Excellent! Tom
