Saturday February 24, 2007 Sun and FSF
I'm at FOSDEM in Brussels this weekend, Europe's largest and most important gathering of Free software developers. I can't think of a better venue at which to announce that Sun has become a Patron of the Free Software Foundation.
Both organisations have been promoting software freedom in different ways for more than two decades, albeit in different ways and with different objectives. With the announcement that the Java platform will be licensed under the GPL, it seemed obvious that the connection should become stronger. This news is the start of a new phase of our collaboration and I'm delighted to have been involved in making this happen with my colleagues and our friends at the FSF. What a great way to celebrate Sun's 25th birthday.
Posted by webmink
( Feb 24 2007, 04:15:00 AM PST )
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links for 2007-02-24
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Matt escapes the bannerware controversy at OSI. I can sympathise.
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Insightful perspective on Microsoft's strategy of undermining standards that don't lead to lock-in by their products (CSS with XSL, SVG with VML, ODF with OOXML just for starters).
Posted by webmink
( Feb 24 2007, 01:21:44 AM PST )
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