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Re: org.omg link on Classpath homepage
From: |
Bryce McKinlay |
Subject: |
Re: org.omg link on Classpath homepage |
Date: |
Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:06:19 +1300 |
On Oct 23, 2003, at 3:17 AM, Stuart Ballard wrote:
Andrew Haley wrote:
Where is this software?
I haven't found it yet, but see postings from Brian Jones on this list
where he indicates it's in OMG's FTP area (which I still can't find
linked from their site). I guess that you could argue that since the
problematic software is almost impossible to find from the link, it
isn't a link to non-free software, but it *claims* to be such a link,
and it's certainly a *reference* to non-free software - after reading
that part of Classpath's homepage, it's quite possible that someone
would independently search for OMG's implementation of these packages
under the impression that they were Free.
As far as I know, the OMG doesn't make any software - just
specifications. The public classes in org.omg are automatically
generated from CORBA interface definition language (IDL) files by an
IDL-to-Java compiler which is specific to each ORB implementation
(although I think the actual IDL-to-java mapping is standardized these
days, such that code compiled for one ORB will work on another, there
would still be differences in the glue code generated for various
ORBs). So, all there is to download on the omg site is likely 1)
specification documents, and 2) the IDL files. The interfaces don't
become software until you implement them - ie write an ORB
implementation.
IMO the link is not to non-free software: there is no software, so
there is no problem.
If you're trying to say we shouldn't link to or implement a non-free
spec, well, Java is a non free spec in that sense isn't it?
Regards
Bryce.
- Classpath and org.omg.*, (continued)
- Classpath and org.omg.*, Stephen Crawley, 2003/10/22
- Re: Classpath and org.omg.*, Stuart Ballard, 2003/10/23
- Re: Classpath and org.omg.*, Chris Gray, 2003/10/23
- Re: Classpath and org.omg.*, Stuart Ballard, 2003/10/23
- Re: Classpath and org.omg.*, Mark Wielaard, 2003/10/23
- Re: Classpath and org.omg.*, Mark Wielaard, 2003/10/23
- Re: Classpath and org.omg.*, Bryce McKinlay, 2003/10/23
- Re: Classpath and org.omg.*, Mark Wielaard, 2003/10/23
- Re: org.omg link on Classpath homepage, Brian Jones, 2003/10/23
Re: org.omg link on Classpath homepage, Stuart Ballard, 2003/10/22
- Re: org.omg link on Classpath homepage,
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