[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