Re: JDK is GPL now! a package in main requested

["Mr. Demeanour" <mrdemeanour@jackpot.uk.net>]

pietro ferrari wrote:
> from lycos news[0] "Sun said it is making nearly all of Java's source
>  code - excluding small pockets of code that aren't owned by Sun - 
> available under the GNU General Public License." and "All the Java 
> source code is expected to be released by March 2007".

AIUI, all that is becoming GPL as of today is javac and JavaHelp (and
given Sun's record of rather cavalier use of terms like "open source",
I'd be inclined to inspect this particular gift-horse's teeth very
carefully).

March 2007 is the planned date for liberating the JDK source code, but
probably not including everything that would be needed to complete a
"full build", due to encumbrances affecting some parts.

I shall be most interested to see comments from the CLASSPATH people
about this development.

--
Jack.