Nick Hill wrote:
Following a discussion on #classpath IRC at around 6pm BST, we have
arrived at a potential response to SUNs announcement of the impending
release of SUN Java under the GPL.
"
We welcome Sun's announcement of the forthcoming release of Java under
the GNU GPL.
Sun's announcement makes Java an excellent choice for cross-platform
development of Free Software.
We are still digesting the implications of the announcement for the
Classpath project and have not yet made any firm plans as to the long
term future. In the meantime, we are focusing on supporting our existing
customer base whilst
continuing to improve the best-of-breed packages in Classpath, in
readiness for the release of the SUN code base.
The reaction of many Classpath developers can be seen on
planet.classpath.org.
"
I'm sure it is not perfect, and is probably overdue.
If an official response is deemed necessary, this one seems good.
It is fairly content free, which I think is all you can have given the
constraints that it is a press release *and* from a moderatly large free
software project.
David Daney
