Re: [9fans] java on dis

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

On Mon Apr 29 07:16:48 EDT 2013, userdima@gmail.com wrote:

> Hey, I didn't know that sources exist. But anyway, my work is still really
> relevant because of the need to update lots of sources to support latest
> Java and Inferno. And also to make the whole thing open-sourced, as the
> code you posted contains scaring lines like:
>
> This software is provided SOLELY for experiment and evaluation.
> NO PORTION may be distributed in ANY FORM, or used commercially,
> without executing appropriate licences with Vita Nuova and possibly,
> for some portions, Sun Microsystems Inc. Vita Nuova can advise on the
> latter once evaluation is complete

the first (open source) license must be choosen.  gsoc *requires* open source.

	http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/licence.html

> There is http://www.vitanuova.com/dist/java.tgz - old java translating
> software. It's not legaly free.
> I think, Charles knows more :)

and just to reiterate, if it's not free, it can't be used for gsoc.

- erik