Am Freitag, 2. September 2011, 22:07:02 schrieb Sid Boyce:
On 02/09/11 08:47, Per Jessen wrote:
Andreas Jaeger wrote:
Up to now, openSUSE users had the choice of using openJDK (GPL with classpath exceptions) or Sun/Oracle's Java. The Sun/Oracle Java was licensed under the "Distributor's License for Java (DLJ)", which allowed Linux distributors to package and redistribute Sun/Oracle Java. Recently, Oracle announced [1] that openJDK 7 is the new official reference implementation for Java SE7. They no longer see the need for the DLJ licensed Java implementation and so have retired that license.
Just thinking out loud - might it be an option to keep distributing the older Java or was the license for that changed too?
If it's possible, a good idea as I for one have apps that depend on the older version. Regards Sid.
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