On 10/20/05, Jim Starkey <jas@...> wrote:

> Roman Rokytskyy wrote:
>
> >>Yah that is why oracle uses it's own jdk (vm) when is installed
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I suspect that reason is more the garbage collector and JIT compiler
> >than class file version.
> >
> >
> >
> >>Maybe in the future , firebird could use one of the open source vm's
> >>http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/
> >>http://www.kaffe.org/
> >>
> >>
> Kaffee is pure GPL, which rules it out. Classpath is also GPLed but
> with an exception that I don't understand. It appears to say that
> Classpath is subject to GPL but no provisions of GPL actually apply.
> How much longer can we work in this industry without a law degree?

I used sablevm with eclipse , and this one
seems to use LGPL (not so viral as Gpl)
Hope it can be used together with IDPL (mpl)

http://sablevm.org/wiki/License_FAQ
http://sablevm.org/lists/sablevm-announce/2005/000006.html

Other open source java vm's
http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/stories.html#jvm


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