Re: [Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of jlWindows-C++ javastyle GUIAPI

[Jaime E . Villate]

Hi,
The way you propose the project, it cannot be hosted in Savannah.
You would have to develop the GNU/Linux port first, and then the Windows port.

The idea is that at no point should free-only users be at disadvantage
compared to users of proprietary software (we don't want to encourage people
to start using proprietary software). Your project should always work equally
well in free systems as in any other versions you provide.

Also, you should make sure that your project will not depend on
any proprietary software. In particular, since you use Java, your
project should not depend on Java 1.3/Swing which are proprietary; it should
work with one of the free implementations of Java (see:
http://www.gnu.org/software/java).

If you are willing to accept these conditions, you can register your project
again, stating that it will be developped using only free implementations of
Java and it will always work in GNU/Linux better or as good as in non-free 
platforms.

Regards,
Jaime

On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 07:17:51AM -0500, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org.
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> Gabriel Bizzotto <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: lgpl
> Other License: 
> Package: jlWindows-C++ javastyle GUIAPI
> System name: jlwindows
> This package does NOT want to apply for inclusion in the GNU project
> 
> jlWindows is a win32 c/c++ lib for creating GUIs with java-style source code. 
> This lib allows to use the native graphic API (whenever it\'s possible) with 
> an easy-to-use java-style code.
> Some aspects should be managed in a different way of AWT and Swing, like 
> Events, replaced by messages and callbacks.
> A linux version (in order to make the apps using jlWindows crossplatform) 
> should be planned as soon as jlWindows offers some basic features. If people 
> is interested in porting the lib to other platforms, it could be great.
> The lib is designed to allow network displaying, via a distant server 
> (something like an x server, or the x protocol if it is open). This feature 
> is not planned yet.
> 
> Today, the lib is almost empty. Some choices were done, few classes exists, 
> but everything can still be changed.
> 
> It does not exist yet but I\'m working on it.