Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:20:11 -0500
From: bostic@bsdi.com (Keith Bostic)
Message-Id: <199602021420.JAA22866@python.bostic.com>
To: proven@MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Java Port to BSD/OS 

Chris Provenzano, meet Matt Marnell -- I think you guys
might have some common interests.

--keith

>From marnellm@portia.portia.com Thu Feb  1 11:03:41 1996
To: bostic@bsdi.com (Keith Bostic)
Subject: Re: Java Port to BSD/OS 
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 14:05:05 -0500
From: Matthew James Marnell <marnellm@portia.portia.com>

:>> I'm currently working on getting the most recent source from Sun
:>> for the JDK 1.0 FCS release.  After that it's off to porting, although
:>> it seems to be a fairly notrivial task.
:>>
:>> I've also set up a mailing list for *BSD* porting concerns at
:>> java-port-bsd@portia.com for porting stuff re: java.  The usual
:>> conventions for subscription and all that.
:>
:>Two quick things -- we've been talking to Chris Provenzano
:>about getting his POSIX 1003.1 threads package running on
:>BSD/OS.  That seems like a requirement.  Are you aware of
:>his work and/or in touch with him?

No, not familiar with that package unless it's associated with
the MIT pthreads release.

:>Second, what's the licensing scoop on Java?  Do you know what
:>the terms are for JDK?  How could BSDI reasonably ship it?

As far as I can tell, only as a binary, and the diffs for the
sources.  But someone with a law degree should really look at
the license on www.javasoft.com to decipher the license.  All
I know is that I can't allow anyone else access to the source,
but I can pretty freely distribute the binary.

Matt