Sun Releases Java as GPL
13th Nov 2006, 17:41 GMT
The temperature in Hades has dropped a few degrees today, as Sun today announced that Java SE, Java ME, and Glassfish are being open sourced under the GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2) with Sun today releasing an early build of the Java SE 7 HotSpot JVM, the javac compiler, and JavaHelp in the new OpenJDK project at Java.NET (link to be added later today once it's public) which will be the project site for future JDK development, releases, bug fixes, etc. The fully buildable Java SE 7 JDK classlibraries will be available in Q1 2007. Java SE 6 wil be open sourced in the Spring once the final version comes out. GPLv3 was not chosen since it is not finished yet, but when asked if Sun will move to GPLv3 an official said "at this point we don't know what the final license will be." Read More (1081 bytes, 1 comments)
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