openjdk6 javafx

[David Herron @ Sun]

leonel wrote:
> Hello :
>
> Is there a roadmap to get  javafx running with  openjdk6 ??
>
> Thank you
>
> Leonel
>
>   

I assume you've seen this... 
http://www.weiqigao.com/blog/2008/12/04/using_javafx_1_0_on_linux.html

The only knowns at this time are a) internally we're doing Linux builds 
but they haven't seen much testing or engineering emphasis because 
Mac/Windows was the focus, b) in the JavaFX FAQ there is a statement to 
expect Linux and Solaris versions "later", c) no statement was made 
about open sourcing of JavaFX

At the moment that leaves JavaFX in a land similar to the old Java Trap 
(as mjw pointed out in his blog months ago) where it's freely available 
but not free (as in freedom).

However with the toolchain in JavaFX's SDK when you build an app a copy 
of the runtime goes into the app bundling.  This means that the end user 
systems do not have to have JavaFX in them, the required stuff is 
downloaded as required.  Theoretically someone with an openjdk6 on their 
machine could run a JavaFX app that someone else packaged for them.  
That is, except for the platform specific DLL's which are part of the 
runtime.

There's a bit about that at the end of this: 
http://blogs.sun.com/theplanetarium/entry/javafx_release_top_10_things

And I found this posting .. 
http://blogs.sun.com/javafx/entry/a_word_on_linux_and


- David Herron


P.S. Please pardon me discussing this non-free technology here.  I 
sincerely hope its status becomes free software.