I think it is great that it is GPL, it keeps all the contributions
following back to project. GPL should not
be an issue also, as Java has a well defined API / spec from JCP, so it
is not much different than us using
gcc and Linux libs.
Carl.
Steve Vinoski wrote:
It's unfortunately GPL, which to the best of my knowledge means it
won't help us here (see [1]).
--steve
[1] <http://people.apache.org/~cliffs/3party.html>
On Nov 13, 2006, at 5:49 AM, Steven Shaw wrote:
Interesting!
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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
