Hi guys, In a recent episode of the Java Spotlight Podcast...
http://blogs.oracle.com/javaspotlight/entry/java_spotlight_episode_30_henrik ...Henrik Ståhl (Oracle's Senior Product Director of Java Platform Development) says (at 9:20) "[Oracle] looked at the evil alternative, taking Java private... we determined it wasn't a good idea". But he didn't say "we determined it wasn't possible". I contacted Henrik and asked for clarification: how would 'taking Java private' work? Henrik replied that, given Oracle owns or co-owns all OpenJDK Intellectual Property (IP), they can retroactively apply any license they want. He said Oracle had rejected this idea because it would lead to a community fork, but as Stephen Colebourne points out (see blog comments) such a fork may not be practical. You can read my full blog post here: http://kennardconsulting.blogspot.com/2011/06/oracle-and-evil-alternative-taking-java.html This was news to me! Richard. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
