> If you read the open letters there is clear they suggest an full GPL
> license, because if not maybe it can end (intentionally) in a fork.
There is nothing in the GPL that talks about a fork. The argument for Sun
to license their JVM under the GPL is that then Sun would be the only one
who could then license that code under a proprietary license for those who
wanted a non-GPL JVM.
Sun very clearly does not want a fork. There was some report that Sun would
be willing to turn over stewardship of the JCP to a neutral third party
(KeyLabs has been mentioned), but only with mandatory TCK testing to ensure
that all implementations were compliant. The proposed Apache JSR and TCK
licenses also mandate compliance.
--- Noel
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