On 5/20/06, Kevanf1 <kevanf1@gmail.com> wrote:
On 20/05/06, Glenn Holmer <gholmer@ameritech.net> wrote:
On Saturday 20 May 2006 05:31, Kevanf1 wrote:
Yep, I was wrong in my assumption that Sun had open sourced Java. They've gone half way. They do keep saying it is their intention to full open source Java though in accordance with the GNU Public License.
Please get your facts straight. Sun has never said it would use the GNU license for Java.
http://news.com.com/2102-7344_3-6072760.html?tag=st.util.print
This page includes a video of Rich Green on stage at JavaOne saying:
"It isn't a question of whether, but a question of how."
They will use their own open source license for control and legal reasons. Personally I think this would be great if it ever happened one way or the other as that will give the open source community a language that is cross platform and companies are using it for mission critical applications in many places. If it was under the GNU License it would be even better, but I am not a layer to understand the full implications. regards, george
I would not have specifically said the GNU license if I had not read it myself! If I can find the link I will post it on here. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== PLEASE DON'T drink and drive it's not clever, it's just stupid.
Kevan Farmer
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