-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:13:23 -0400 > Von: Deborah Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [gNewSense-users] Free Java
> > > > > Anyone knows when gNS would be having a free implementation of Sun > > > > GPLed Java included by default? > > > > but openjdk is not sun's java, is it? i think we talk about the > 'original' java here, equipped with a free license by sun. > > > Open JDK is Sun's but it isn't the same as their proprietary Java. What > most people probably think of as the "official" java implementation, is > still non-free and can't be entirely GPL'ed by Sun, because a third > party holds the copyrights on some bits. > > Sun has GPL'ed what they can and the Open JDK folks are in the process > of developing replacements for those parts that weren't GPL'ed. In the > meantime, software that depends on the proprietary Java is still > considered non-free. ok, now things are a lot clearer for me. thank you. -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
