Interesting! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Coldrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 13-Nov-2006 05:06 Subject: [ajug] Java Open-Sourced To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, it's finally happening, both Java ME and Java SE. The details will be available at http://www.sun.com/opensource/java. Believe it or not, you can participate in the Q&A (http://millionsofus.com/blog/archives/110) at the Sun Pavilion (http://tinyurl.com/m338r) in Second Life, Monday, November 13, 2006 from 1:00pm - 2:00pm PT. For the more traditional folks, there will be a webcast of the event at 9:30am PST at http://sun.com/javanews (RealPlayer 10 or higher required). The licencing will be GPLv2 (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html), with what's commonly referred to as the Classpath Exception (http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/) included in Java SE. This last basically allows for programs to subclass Java runtime classes without invoking the "viral" nature of the GPL. Java EE - see the GlassFish project - will also be available under GPLv2, as well as its current CDDL licencing. Exciting times, indeed. Regards, David
