17.04.2015, 01:06, "Andrew Hughes" <gnu.andrew@xxxxxxxxxx>: > ----- Original Message ----- >> BTW, Andrew, when I am reading the requirements for contributing to GNU >> Classpath, I remember that Sun has released Java under the GPL: >> https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-welcomes-gpl-java.html >> >> So, do we still need to implement the orientation- & baseline-anchor >> behaviors from scratch instead of simply taking Sun's GPLed code? >> >> BTW, I haven't looked into Sun's code. So, I can still do the clean room >> implementation. > > Sun (now Oracle)'s code is available as part of the OpenJDK project. > The intention with GNU Classpath is still to provide a clean-room implementation > rather than import wholesale chunks of their code. > > However, if you just want quick access to a 1.7 version of GridBag, a quicker > solution may be to just use the OpenJDK package on your distro. > > For what it's worth: > > http://fuseyism.com/japi/icedtea7-classpath.html#err_missing_java_awt > > lists the current state of GNU Classpath compared with the 1.7 API. I see the states of the matters now. Thank you very much for the pointer. >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Eus > > -- > Andrew :) > > Free Java Software Engineer > Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) > > PGP Key: ed25519/35964222 (hkp://keys.gnupg.net) > Fingerprint = 5132 579D D154 0ED2 3E04 C5A0 CFDA 0F9B 3596 4222 > > PGP Key: rsa4096/248BDC07 (hkp://keys.gnupg.net) > Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F 8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07 -- Best regards, Eus
