An
Apache licensed J2SE 5
has been proposed as a new project for the Incubator.
"Motivation:
There is a clear need for an open-source version of Java 2, Standard
Edition (J2SE) runtime platform, and there are many ongoing efforts
to produce solutions (Kaffe, Classpath, etc). There are also efforts
that provide alternative approaches to execution of Java bytecode
(GCJ and IKVM). All of these efforts provide a diversity of
solutions, which is healthy, but barriers exist which prevent these
efforts from reaching a greater potential."
From the
FAQ for Apache Harmony
:
"11) Will you accept SWT if IBM offers it?
Apache is always grateful for contributions from wherever they come,
and IBM has a record of contributions to open source, but it would [be]
up to the project community to decide whether any particular
contribution was used in the project."
09.05.2005, 17:08