> > And they really can't make it GPL now, after lots of companies have
> > forked over lots of cash to get in on the Java thing.
> Sun owns the copyright to the JDK. They can release it under any
> terms that they so desire, including the GPL.
In the case of Jini at least (I don't know the specifics of the
JDK) the royalty is something like $0.10. So if you sell
100 copies of your software Sun makes $1. The cost is to cover
their maintaining of the copyright (goes to the lawyers :-)...
I don't know what happens to the surplus (if there ever is any).
Not free software - but not gouging either.
Side question:
what in the _old_ Sun license agreement keeps people who
signed it from helping out with CLASSPATH? My license
with Sun has expired finally :-) (obviously I won't be
helping out any time soon anyway since there is probably
some conflict with my employer :-)
Thx,
..darcy
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D'Arcy Smith
Sr. Software Engineer
Symantec Corp., Internet Tools Division
