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authorAaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>1998-12-26 05:53:34 +0000
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-GNU Classpath, Essential Libraries for Java is the complete project
-name for a "clean room" implementation of the Java class libraries.
-
-It has become apparent through development that creating a classes.zip
-which will work with the JVM shipped by Sun and ported to other
-platforms like GNU/Linux will not be possible. A file in this
-directory called NoJDK lists all the classes we know create problems
-with this.
+GNU Classpath, Essential Libraries for Java is a project to create
+a complete "clean room" implementation of the Java class libraries
+that will also be free software.
Eventually, these essential libraries for Java will work with as many
-free JVMs as possible, such as Japhar and Kaffe.
+free JVMs as possible, such as Japhar and Kaffe. However, currently
+only Japhar is supported.
See the file INSTALL for details on installing.
-See the file NEWS for details on what is included.
+See the file NEWS for details on what is included in this release.
See the various TODO and BUGS files in subdirectories for things that
might not work right or that need to be implemented.
Send comments/bug reports to classpath@gnu.org. There is a website
-devoted to GNU Classpath at www.classpath.org.
+devoted to GNU Classpath at http://www.classpath.org/.
+
+Other Java free software projects of note:
+
+Japhar - http://www.japhar.org/
+Kaffe - http://www.transvirtual.com/kaffe.html
+Cygnus gjc - http://sourceware.cygnus.com/java/
+