??changed: - Sun's JDK is not free (yet). - - Update: Sun progressively releases parts of the JDK as free software (http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-welcomes-gpl-java.html). - JDK 1.7 should be free. Until then, the following still applies. - - That's why it is important to - rely on a completely free java suite: Sun's current JDK (v1.6) is proprietary software, but is currently being fred (target v1.7), although a free release is not ready yet.
* http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-welcomes-gpl-java.html : FSF news * http://openjdk.java.net/legal/binary-plugs-2007-05-08.html : the current version still requires non-free parts in non-trivial areas such as sound system, font rasterizer, graphics rasterizer, SNMP, crypto areas and build system. * http://fitzsim.org/blog/?p=17 : GNU Classpath plans to create a completely free release by replacing the non-free parts. That's why it is important to, for now, rely on a completely free Java suite. A Java suite is made up of 3 parts: ??changed: - This problem is very similar to the issue that occured a few years ago - when the Qt library was non-free yet still used by free software project. (This problem is very similar to the issue that occured a few years ago when the Qt library was non-free yet still used by free software project.) --removed: - I can get the Sun JDK source code, isn't it free then? - - Even if you can read its source code through the JCP, it is not free, because the source code's license does not permit free use. - -- forwarded from https://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/[EMAIL PROTECTED]://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance _______________________________________________ Savannah-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-cvs
