[sorry for cross posting]
"Months of speculation and waiting are now over. Sun will release key parts of Java under GPLv2 today (November 13th, Monday). The initial release today will include the HotSpot runtime, javac compiler, JavaHelp, and Sun's Java ME implementation. The rest of Java will be released under GPLv2 early next year.
Richard Stallman of the FSF has endorsed the move, and will appear on a live web cast http://www.sun.com/2006-1113/feature/index.jsp with Sun CEO Johnathan Schwartz and software chief Rich Green. "
http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t84244.html
Great win for Free Software.
Cheers Praveen
"പ്രവീണ്|Praveen" pravi.a@gmail.com writes:
Richard Stallman of the FSF has endorsed the move, and will appear on a live web cast http://www.sun.com/2006-1113/feature/index.jsp with Sun CEO Johnathan Schwartz and software chief Rich Green. "
Strange. That page says that RealPlayer will be needed to view the webcast. Richard usually doesn't allow audio/video publishers to publish his messages via formats that encourage the use of proprietary software.
Maybe someone didn't tell him they would be using RealPlayer.
Great win for Free Software.
Yes.
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