Re: Using IcedTea in GCJ

Andrew Haley wrote:
> Marco Trudel wrote:
>
>> Now that IcedTea has passed the Java 1.6 compatibility test, I wonder
>> what will happen to GCJ/GNU Classpath:
>> - Will GCJ go and directly import IcedTea?
>> - Will GNU Classpath slowly start to replace their components with
>> IcedTea components and GCJ will keep importing GNU Classpath?
>
> It's not legally possible to do that: only code assigned to the FSF may be
> imported into the gcc tree.

I see... Always these law stuff... *sigh*

>> - Will GCJ/GNU Classpath die because IcedTea/OpenJDK is here? I observed
>> a considerable decrease in activity at least for GCJ.
>>
>> Or will everything stay as it is and GCJ won't make use of IcedTea? As
>> far as I understand, GCJ supports more platforms than IcedTea/OpenJDK.
>
> I'm seriously considering porting gcj to the OpenJDK library. There are
> some complex GPL v2 / GPL v3 licensing issues to deal with, though.

That would be great. But I guess it might take a while until it's ready
(law stuff again ;-))...


Thanks for your answer
Marco