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Re: General Java Questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arthur van Hoff)
Thu Apr 20 21:09:50 1995
From: Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM (Arthur van Hoff)
To: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 17:53:10 -0800 (PDT)
Hi Faisal,
> Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM (Arthur van Hoff) writes:
> >You need a licence to incorporate the Java interpreter into your
> >commercial product. You can freely write Java code, compile it,
> >and distribute the resulting classes. You would have to tell your
> >customers to get an interpreter somewhere. Note that this means
> >that you can write and sell commercial Applets for HotJava without
> >a licence. Please contact polese@eng.sun.com for more information
> >on licencing.
>
> Will there be some facility for standalone application
> creation?
The applications will probably always need some kind of interperter
support to achieve portability. There may be ways around this but
we are currently not persuing these.
> Also, would there be a facility for someone to write
> their own Java interpreter?
Absolutely. As long as you stick to the Java spec. I believe
there are already such projects underway.
Have fun,
Arthur van Hoff
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