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 1GjaIN-0006jp-FE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:48:12 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kADBlNub025380; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:47:23 GMT Received: from mx-serv.inrialpes.fr (mx-serv.inrialpes.fr [194.199.18.100]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kADBlMnK013646 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:47:22 GMT Received: from noisetier.inrialpes.fr (noisetier.inrialpes.fr [194.199.18.79]) by mx-serv.inrialpes.fr (8.13.6/8.13.0) with ESMTP id kADBlDQo028947 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:47:13 +0100 (MET) Received: from baryum.inrialpes.fr (baryum.inrialpes.fr [194.199.25.56]) (authenticated bits=0) by noisetier.inrialpes.fr (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kADBlDh3012726 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:47:13 +0100 (MET) From: Xavier MOGHRABI Organization: Consortium ObjectWeb To: gentoo-java@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-java] Java going GPL; Stallman approves -- News at 11:00 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:46:25 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <200611130008.24137.greg@tassone.net> In-Reply-To: <200611130008.24137.greg@tassone.net> 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: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200611131246.25868.xavier.moghrabi@objectweb.org> X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (mx-serv.inrialpes.fr [194.199.18.100]); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:47:13 +0100 (MET) X-mx-serv-inrialpes-fr-MailScanner-Information: Please contact postmaster@inrialpes.fr for more information X-mx-serv-inrialpes-fr-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-mx-serv-inrialpes-fr-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=0, requis 5) X-mx-serv-inrialpes-fr-MailScanner-From: xavier.moghrabi@objectweb.org X-Spam-Status: No X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id kADBlMnK013646 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id kADBlNv5025380 X-Archives-Salt: de61b22d-b037-4f37-a21d-65c1e257c976 X-Archives-Hash: c910385de9f38c80fbd9931581736ad0 That's really a good news that I was waiting for a long time ! Java would be now considered as a standard part of any Linux distribution= such=20 as other languages. Regards --=20 Xavier MOGHRABI - Consortium ObjectWeb Jabber: moghrabi@jabber.objectweb.org Phone: +33 4 76 61 52 35 Le lundi 13 novembre 2006 09:08, Greg Tassone a =E9crit=A0: > For those that have been asleep/hiding/etc. and haven't heard the news = yet: > > Sun has finally decided/confirmed that it will release the Java platfor= m > under the GPL. Furthermore, they've decided that they will do this for= the > entire platform under their ownership; including SE, ME, EE, etc. > > The JavaC and HotSpot code are scheduled for release within the next 24 > hours; the VM implementations are scheduled for release early 2007 (by > March). > > Richard Stallman is reportedly happy with the decision, and will be > endorsing 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-best scenario I anticipated, but wasn't sure that Sun would > actually do it. IMHO, this move positions Java to grow leaps-and-bound= s in > all sectors; I think its growth will surprise many. > > For 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 > ------- > > Woot! > > ~ Greg --=20 gentoo-java@gentoo.org mailing list