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

[Burak Emir <Burak.Emir@epfl.ch>]

Mr. Demeanour wrote:

> 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).
The world certainly needs a couple of horse-dentists :D At least you can 
expect brushed teeth for this job
http://weblogs.java.net/blog/robogeek/archive/2006/11/yup_gpl.html

Java SE (standard edition) comprises a compiler, library, java doc, vm 
etc., I would speculate. That's what is in the download.

cheers,
B

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