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