>>>>If you link native to a GPL VM, then that code must also be GPL, no? >>>>That is an absolute requirement in the embedded world... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>That is true. But running java bytecode in with a GPL vm and loading JNI >>>libs during that doenst render all the java/native code you run with the >>>VM to GPL. >>> >>> >>and this context does not apply to CLDC... >> >> > >I don't know much about Maemo. Perhaps you should be more clear on what >you really need/want to do. > > > Maemo is the platform for the 770. It doesn't have Java support yet, but when it does it sure can manage CDC, which goes your way, but still, the big guys will want a clear picture, and in the past LGPL has been a go, and GPL a no-go. Are you saying SableVM is using FUD tactics? They seem to be believe strongly in their position...