From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GjXEM-0005eN-3U for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:31:50 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kAD8UCoj007295; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:30:12 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kAD8TgsD016730 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:30:06 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1D3F651D6 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:08:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.586 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.586 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.013, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id yLHRFgXUjFcY for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:08:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.tassoneent.com (tassoneent.com [64.34.163.30]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AB296518E for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:08:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.21.3.102] (adsl-63-200-91-249.dsl.scrm01.pacbell.net [63.200.91.249]) by mail.tassoneent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D64A2E4053 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:08:19 -0800 (PST) From: Greg Tassone To: "Gentoo-Java Mailing List" Subject: [gentoo-java] Java going GPL; Stallman approves -- News at 11:00 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:08:23 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-java@gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2027036.rFqpo0v7dj"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200611130008.24137.greg@tassone.net> X-Archives-Salt: fe5d7f30-add5-4980-a189-8c4db9642ec6 X-Archives-Hash: e19dc1218feb29464f01257d629f3cb4 --nextPart2027036.rFqpo0v7dj Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline =46or those that have been asleep/hiding/etc. and haven't heard the news ye= t: Sun has finally decided/confirmed that it will release the Java platform un= der=20 the GPL. Furthermore, they've decided that they will do this for the entir= e=20 platform under their ownership; including SE, ME, EE, etc. The JavaC and HotSpot code are scheduled for release within the next 24 hou= rs;=20 the VM implementations are scheduled for release early 2007 (by March). Richard Stallman is reportedly happy with the decision, and will be endorsi= ng=20 the move via video at a press conference with Sun some hours from now. This is significant news < / understatement >. This is the best-of-the-be= st=20 scenario I anticipated, but wasn't sure that Sun would actually do it. IMH= O,=20 this move positions Java to grow leaps-and-bounds in all sectors; I think i= ts=20 growth will surprise many. =46or more details: ZDNet Blog: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/index.php?p=3D199 Slashdot article: http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=3D06/11/08/0221255 =2D------ Woot! ~ Greg --nextPart2027036.rFqpo0v7dj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFWCf4aI3pdOrDO40RAks0AJ9r4Ooo/2yRmN4BVBGjq3hahUiUUgCePZ4Y TPriA8JZV7cWB0Bb4JgTvq4= =jUGv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2027036.rFqpo0v7dj-- -- gentoo-java@gentoo.org mailing list