A proposal for a free Java implementation

Posted May 9, 2005 16:56 UTC (Mon) by mmarq (guest, #2332)
Parent article: A proposal for a free Java implementation

" We will create directly, via inclusion of independent third-party
code, or through contribution :

a) a freely implementable specification of a modular VM
and class library that allows for multiple, independent
implementations "

I belive that KUDOS fore these people is more than deserved.

And i wonder for sometime why? SUN havent done exactly that, putting everything under a community model trying to embrace the most of different implementations. That is, explore Java2( belive naming it Java3 wouldn't be unreasonable) under a similar business model as Trolltech do with Qt, where everything is a GPL compatible croos-platform framework developed under a community model, but if you want (or need) to link proprietary code you must pay a licence.