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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 22:55:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Byrne <sbb@ecomcon.sbay.org>
To: trevor@vocaro.com
Subject: Re: jdk1.2 testing

Trevor Harmon writes:
 > Gabe Hamilton wrote:
 > 
 > > If you need people to test jdk 1.2, I would be happy to help out.
 > 
 > Me too... It would be great if the Blackdown team could put out a
 > pre-release of 1.2, since their web page claims that the port is at
 > least "running". Anyone know if this is a possibility?

We're not legally allowed to put out pre-release versions if they haven't
passed through JCK.  We're in the process of trying to chase down some issues
with running the JCK.

 > The page also says, "Before we can release, we have to make sure that it
 > passes the tests in the Java Compatibility Kit." Is this a requirement
 > of Sun's source code licensing, or is it just something that was decided
 > on by the Blackdown team?

It's the dreaded sections 2.4 and 2.5 as amending 2.3 of our license that say
we HAVE to pass JCK before we can release or even pre-release.

Steve