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Dienstag März 29, 2005

Implementing OpenOffice.org features in Java, is this a conflict?
Is it o.k. to implement OpenOffice.org features using the Java technology considering that Java is not fully open source in the pure sense at this point? This article just raised the question. One community member, Charles Schulz, already commented on this article in his blog.

I also don't want to speak for the community or provide an official Sun statement. However, I wanted to share some questions with you that came to my mind when I read the article.

Where does the "open" in "open source" begin? Is it the source code of the feature? Is it the programming language? The compiler? The system libraries? The operating system? Or even the CPU?

Is it o.k. in the open source world to program in C or C++ against a non-open source system library? What if the Java virtual machine was part of the operating system, or if the byte code instruction set was implemented within the CPU? What about open source code that was written for a few CPU architectures that are not defined in an open way by an independent organization?

Again, where does the "open" in "open source" begin, and who cares about what?

For example at CeBIT we showed Project Looking Glass. Nobody, complained about the fact that is was written using the Java technology. Everybody just loved the software and the fact that it's available as open source on java.net.
( Mrz 29 2005, 06:21:30 PM CEST ) Permalink

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