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Member since: 2000-05-10 08:47:35
Last Login: 2008-06-02 16:50:48
Homepage: http://www.klomp.org/mark/
Notes: Since I know a little Java I try to contribute to some of the free Java related projects. I maintain the webpages and distribution files of GNUJSP. I contributed the java.util.jar package to Classpath (which is now merged into libgcj). I updated the javax.servlet package that Paul Siegman wrote to version 2.1 of the Servlet specification, which is now merged with the ClasspathX project. I am the current GNU Classpath maintainer.
The GPL is like a green envelope
German court tells Skype to obey the GPL:
“If a publisher wants to publish a book of an author that wants his book only to be published in a green envelope, then that might seem odd to you, but still you will have to do it as long as you want to publish the book and have no other agreement in place.”
Fedora IcedTea/OpenJDK in EPEL for RHEL and CentOS
An EPEL update brought a nice surprise. The Fedora 9 IcedTea/OpenJDK packages rebuild for RHEL and CentOS on i386, ppc and x86_64. So if you are running RHEL or CentOS on your servers you can now:
$ rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-3.noarch.rpm
$ yum install java-1.6.0-openjdk-{devel,plugin,demo,javadoc,src}
Drop, shake and soak AWT/Swing with JamVM/GNU Classpath
Rugged PDA available with JamVM and GNU Classpath
The Nomad maintains compliance with the MIL-STD-810F standard for drops, vibration, and temperature extremes, says SDG, and is IP67 rated for imperviousness to water and dust. It can withstand 30 minutes exposure under a meter of water, says SDG, as well as survive temperatures ranging from -22 to 144 degrees F. […] Developers can create both AWT and Swing applications using the JamVM virtual machine and the GNU Classpath Libraries […] the Nomad sells for $1,650 to $2,300.
A bit pricey, but so cool! :)
Down LWN libre-java memory lane
LWN published their index of all guest articles.
Since I was asked a couple of times to write about our libre-java efforts there are a couple of mine included:
It is fun to see how far we have come over the years.
GPL Shopping
I moved houses, but not my whole network setup, so I needed a little router to connect all the machines I already moved. Walking into the store the first router box that I saw had a big GPL-Inside sticker on it! How have times changed. Apparently having the three letters G-P-L on your (hardware) box is now an extra incentive for your customers to buy your stuff. Very nice. And routers these days are really full general purpose (MIPS based) computers. For this one (and others) there is a whole community creating alternative software installations. OpenWRT even includes JamVM and GNU Classpath (now how is that for an incentive to work on JamVM Robert!)
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If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!
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