Re: Towards Java Libre
Arnaud Vandyck wrote:
> Tom Marble a écrit :
>>> We haven't had an opportunity to meet yet as
>>> so many things have happened so quickly.
>
> Hi Tom, welcome on debian-java ;-)
> [...]
>
> Thanks to inform me ;-) It seems no one from Debian think I'm enough
> important to tell it to me ;-)
*mea culpa*
This is my fault... Your name *did* come up in conversation. AFAIK
this is the first time Sun has tried to collaborate with a completely
open community while at the same time keeping a significant
change in direction quiet for a planned press event at JavaOne.
I don't think I could have understood what I do now about
the Debian community if I hadn't attended Debconf....
And most of the 3 days I was there were spent on technical
issues around the packaging. It was a mistake for me not to
invite all the parties involved in Java with Debian to
participate in this first step.
I can tell you quite sincerely that I was taken by surprise
by Rich Green's comments yesterday. So now we have this second
step -- how to open source Java -- which will require participation
from all who want to set it free. This step is much, much
more complex and important than the first and I truly hope
I can count on your input. Those of us within Sun who have
passion for Free software need to join with those outside of Sun
such as yourself to help show the way to the rather significant
number of people who will resist this change.
Je vous prie d'accepter mes excuses pour cet oubli maladroit,
--Thomas
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