Catalog Resolver in untrusted environment

Well, while we're generating traffic here ...

Is there any call whatsoever for using the catalog resolver in an 
unsigned applet (i.e. untrusted, i.e. can't access system properties) 
environment?  It seems to make heavy use of system properties, many of 
which are forbidden to untrusted applets.

I have bowdlerized some of the code from the 1.1 release in testing to 
make most of the SecurityExceptions go away and get basic resolution 
working, but I haven't done anything like write tests etc. =)  Of course 
I don't want any such 'fixes' to break use in trusted environments.

Failing there being any future in modifying the codebase, is there any 
legal issue anyone can think of with someone simply taking the resolver 
jar as is and signing it (as long as the copyright notices are 
preserved, etc.)?

AC