[wellylug] Java GPL'd ;-)

[Alex Thomson]

Rob Giltrap wrote:
> It's finally hitting the airwaves. Sun have now (or at least in a few 
> hours from now) licensed Java under the GPL v2
> 
> This includes all of the key Java implementations
> - Java Standard Edition (traditionally run on desktops)
> - Java Micro Edition (traditionally run on phones and embedded devices)
> - Java Enterprise Edition (traditionally run in business infrastructure) 
> (NB: also to be released under CDDL)
> 
> This is a big day for Open Source with the majority of businesses around 
> the world now running on an open source runtime environment. It's also a 
> big blow to .net which is always a nice side benefit ;-)
> 
> Stay tuned as most of the Linux distros will now be including the JRE in 
> the base packages as the final barrier has now been removed!
> 
> 
> 
> 

Yay!  This is good news indeed- I always dread installing Sun's JRE. 
This I think will benefit both Linux and Java greatly.  Any bets on what 
the first distro to include Sun's Java, Tomcat & JBoss will be?

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