Monday November 13, 2006 Free At Last
Yes, it's true. The thing I joined Sun to see happen in 2000 is actually announced today. The whole Java platform - SE, ME, EE - will be Free software under the GPL, with the process starting today and continuing for the next six months. We're using GPL v2 plus the Classpath exception for most of it - more in the FAQ.
Making this happen has been a hugely consuming task, both for my (wonderful and hard-working) team, for the actual Java platform teams at Sun today and for many, many people around the world in the Free software community. The contributions of those before us is also huge - this has, after all, been on ongoing topic for many years. As the saying goes, it takes a village. Thank-you, everyone.
Much more to come.
Posted by webmink
( Nov 13 2006, 07:41:08 AM PST )
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From the horse's mouth, so to speak.
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If anyone had been paying attention, James Gosling leaked the news ages ago :-)
Posted by webmink
( Nov 13 2006, 04:27:26 AM PST )
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