The ripple effect of a GPL’d Java will reach far and wide
14th Nov 2006, 01:52 GMT
It's official. Despite some saying it couldn't be done, not only is Sun open sourcing Java, it's doing it under version 2 of the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License (GPLv2) using an FSF-endorsed footnote known as the "classpath exception." The FSF's classpath exception gives developers a bit more latitude than just the [...]
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