Re: Next steps for GNU Classpath
Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia <[email protected]> Tue, 16 Sep 2014 18:01:14 +0200
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Hi Bill, 2014-09-16 17:47 GMT+02:00 Bill Chatfield <[email protected]>: > OpenJDK is Linux-only. It does not work on Windows. This defeats the purp= ose of Java of being cross-platform. You might say that Windows has Oracle'= s Java, but it is not GPLed. It cannot be redistributed or bundled with an = app. It is huge and copyrighted. When you install it, it tries to screw you= over by installing the Ask Toolbar. These are problems that GCJ does not h= ave. Just came across this which may address some of these concerns: http://www.azulsystems.com/products/zulu --=20 Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia [email protected]