Re: [gNewSense-users] GPL Java

[Matthew Flaschen]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Tin Tin wrote:
>> Dear all
>>
>> I would like to ask when would GPL-ed Java be appearing in gNewSense
>> repository?
> 
> My guess is, when it appears in Ubuntu, which will be after it appears
> in Debian, which will be after it all really goes GPL. :)  So far, only
> the compiler and VM have been released.  These aren't much use without
> the class libraries (I don't think the compiler can compile with
> Classpath), so we're waiting on them.  Supposedly, all the code should
> be released in the first half of this year (i.e. within a few months).
> Java is huge (albeit structured), so packaging may take a little while.
> 
> Matt Flaschen

Of course, you can use the (imperfect) free implementations now.  Install:

java-gcj-compat-dev

Matt Flaschen