Java is open source by now: GPL with Classpath exception. There are several open-source projects regarding Java, of which OpenJDK6 and OpenJDK7 are run by Sun, and where they've worked on replacing copyrighted code with new open-source implementations; but there is also IcedTea (an 'unencumbered' port to BSD) and SoyLatte (a derivative of IcedTea to run Java 6 on 32-bit Intel Macs) And then there's the GCJ and Apache Harmony projects; or Google's Dalvik variant which powers the Android mobile phone.
Jan Schenkel ===== Quartam Reports & PDF Library for Revolution <http://www.quartam.com> ===== "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) --- On Tue, 3/24/09, viktoras d. <[email protected]> wrote: > From: viktoras d. <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [even more OT] Talking Heads > To: "How to use Revolution" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 2:46 AM > but then what is the status of java? There are tons of open > source apps > in java (http://java-source.net/), but a.f.a.i.k. java is > not open > source otherwise IBM wouldn't urge SUN to make it OSS: > http://news.cnet.com/2100-1007_3-5165427.html. Well, it is > 5 years old > "news". > > Viktoras > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
