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From: John Manko <jmanko@×××××××××.com>
To: Greg Tassone <greg@×××××××.net>
Cc: gentoo-java@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-java] New Sun JDK/JRE license for Linux distributions
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 04:18:49
Message-Id: 446AA793.309@johnmanko.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-java] New Sun JDK/JRE license for Linux distributions by Greg Tassone
1 I didn't see anything from Gentoo. If this is so, I'm disturbed that
2 they didn't release something to mailing list beforehand (assuming I
3 didn't miss anything).
4
5 Anyone suspect this is a response to Harmony and/or Google?
6
7 Greg Tassone wrote:
8
9 >On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 13:28 -0700, Ted Kosan wrote:
10 >
11 >
12 >>I am at JavaOne this week and this morning at the main keynote Sun announced
13 >>their new license for Linux distributions:
14 >>
15 >>
16 >...
17 >
18 >
19 >>Debian and Ubuntu seem to be moving forward with the new license. What are the
20 >>gentoo-java group's thoughts on it?
21 >>
22 >>
23 >
24 >
25 >According to this article on CNet, the Gentoo distro will be moving
26 >forward with it as well:
27 >
28 >http://news.com.com/Sun+promises+to+open-source+Java/2100-7344_3-6072760.html?tag=nefd.lede
29 >
30 >(NOTE: See the bottom of the article for these particular details...
31 >the rest pertains to the announcement of soon-to-be-coming Open Sourced
32 >Java!)
33 >
34 >~ Greg
35 >
36 >
37 >
38
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Re: [gentoo-java] New Sun JDK/JRE license for Linux distributions Karl Trygve Kalleberg <karltk@g.o>