On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 02:37:17PM +0100, Philippe Laporte wrote: > > > >>>>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... There are just two sides with different opinions. They have their opinion. FSF/GNU classpath has theirs. Cheers, Michael -- Escape the Java Trap with GNU Classpath! http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html Join the community at http://planet.classpath.org/
