Sun Says GPL Is a Possibility for OSS Java

2006-06-01 Thread theUser BL
JavaONE 2006 is over. Sun have not opend Java, as many people have hoped. But Sun hold on the speculations, if Suns Java will be OpenSource or not. At OSNews.com at http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=14770 stand, that a GPL Java could be possible. The links ends up at Jonathan Schwatzs

Re: Sun Says GPL Is a Possibility for OSS Java

2006-06-01 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr
theUser BL wrote: JavaONE 2006 is over. Sun have not opend Java, as many people have hoped. No one really expected it. The thing that JS did was formally commit his company to doing so in public. It's a step forward. But Sun hold on the speculations, if Suns Java will be OpenSource or

Re: Sun Says GPL Is a Possibility for OSS Java

2006-06-01 Thread Shashank \Shanky\ Tiwari
If all the specifications get GPLed, what might be impact on commercial vendors who sell JVMs and containers? Any ideas? shanky On 6/1/06, Geir Magnusson Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: theUser BL wrote: JavaONE 2006 is over. Sun have not opend Java, as many people have hoped. No one really

Re: Sun Says GPL Is a Possibility for OSS Java

2006-06-01 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: The links ends up at Jonathan Schwatzs blog at http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan where he writes But all in all, a really great week - we're now making serious progress on open sourcing Java (and despite the cynics, using a GPL license is very much *on* the table),

Re: Sun Says GPL Is a Possibility for OSS Java

2006-06-01 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: shrug who cares, we have enough momentum to get to certification before their lawyers even finish the above discussions :-) That's the goal :) geir - Terms of use :