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 1GjeBB-00038W-I7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:57:02 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kADFuJ7s019143; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:56:19 GMT Received: from brmea-mail-2.sun.com (brmea-mail-2.Sun.COM [192.18.98.43]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kADFuGUx007092 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:56:18 GMT Received: from fe-amer-01.sun.com ([192.18.108.175]) by brmea-mail-2.sun.com (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id kADFuEPM010138 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:56:15 -0700 (MST) Received: from conversion-daemon.mail-amer.sun.com by mail-amer.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) id <0J8O00D01EK7VW00@mail-amer.sun.com> (original mail from David.Herron@Sun.COM) for gentoo-java@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:56:14 -0700 (MST) Received: from [192.168.0.104] ([66.92.11.96]) by mail-amer.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPSA id <0J8O000R2EXQZ388@mail-amer.sun.com>; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:56:14 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:56:05 -0800 From: David Herron Subject: Re: [gentoo-java] Java going GPL; Stallman approves -- News at 11:00 In-reply-to: <200611130008.24137.greg@tassone.net> Sender: David.Herron@Sun.COM To: Greg Tassone Cc: Gentoo-Java Mailing List Message-id: 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 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <200611130008.24137.greg@tassone.net> X-Archives-Salt: 420c94b3-9648-40c4-a0f0-66c6ac41c853 X-Archives-Hash: 02ba4faa5904b32dd873edf6aacd7672 Yes. I am very happy we are taking this step. And it will certainly make it easier for you guys to incorporate Java on your platform. Well, at least for the platforms Hotspot supports... - David On Nov 13, 2006, at 12:08 AM, Greg Tassone wrote: > 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 > platform 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-bounds in all sectors; I > think its > growth will surprise many. > > For more details: > > ZDNet Blog: > http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/index.php?p=199 > > Slashdot article: > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/08/0221255 > ------- > > Woot! > > ~ Greg -- gentoo-java@gentoo.org mailing list