Java is OpenSource
Java is going open (really open as in GPL2).
They were talking about it for a long time, now it’s real! Java is (going) OpenSource!
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I think it’s an important step for the whole industry. For most of us nothing is going to change, but it’s one of those moments anyway. Linux distributions are now able to include Java without licensing concerns, developers may bundle their applications with Java etc etc etc… .
More on that:
The details may still contain some gory passages… we’ll see.
1 Image taken from sun.com, copyright by the respective owners.
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Remember: However many forks there are, it ain’t Java unless it’s called “Java” or has the coffee-cup on it. If it has the name and cup, it is Java and it’s compatible. And Sun will absolutely enforce that in court if we have to. We have in the past and we will again. —Tim Bray about Java forks
