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May 13, 2004, 03 :00 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (6107 reads)

(Other stories by Brandon Franklin)

"Recently, much of the buzz in the software development community has been about one question: Should Sun Microsystems release Java under a free software license like the GNU General Public License (GPL)?

"There are many valid reasons why Sun should. In fact, I predict that if Java is to survive in a world dominated by Microsoft for the long term, it must become Free Open Source Software (FOSS), where 'free' means freedom, not zero-cost..."

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microsoft just gave sun $2bil - why? sim ...   sun made up their minds...   
anonymous
May 13, 2004, 04:18:44
 
Follow along now...Microsoft gave Sun mo ...   Re: sun made up their minds...   
AC
May 13, 2004, 05:28:51
 
I love the idea for a GPL Java as much a ...   Realisticly: No GPL for java   
Sepero
May 13, 2004, 06:26:34
 
> I love the idea for a GPL Java as much ...   Re: Realisticly: No GPL for java   
GH
May 13, 2004, 14:56:05
 
OpenOffice is GPLed! (its libraries are  ...   Re: Realisticly: No GPL for java   
Christophe Grandsire
May 13, 2004, 15:09:20
 
As a public relations initiative, I thin ...   No GPL for Java   
SpringFish
May 13, 2004, 19:19:34
 
Agree that Sun should not GPL java.Slack ...   Re: No GPL for Java   
Anonimous
May 13, 2004, 23:21:19
 
You said: ----> a. anyone can then easil ...   Re: No GPL for Java   
Anonymous
May 14, 2004, 01:31:02
 
> a. anyone can then easily fork the cod ...   Re: No GPL for Java   
Bojan Smojver
May 14, 2004, 03:05:52
 
MS's own extention of a GPL'd Ja ...   Embrace, extend, extinguish?   
SpringFish
May 14, 2004, 16:53:25
 
> MS's own extention of a GPL'd  ...   Re: Embrace, extend, extinguish?   
Bojan Smojver
May 15, 2004, 01:51:42
 
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