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:ZDNet Australia: Sun Looks to GPL v3 for Java, Solaris
ZDNet Australia: Sun Looks to GPL v3 for Java, Solaris
Feb 12, 2007, 16 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (6698 reads)

(Other stories by Stephen Shankland)

"When it comes to open sourcing Solaris and Java, patents and politics are leading Sun toward a change of heart.

"The question is which open source licence should govern the building of projects out of the company's technology crown jewels. The open source Solaris project began with a Community Development and Distribution License (CDDL), and open source Java employs version 2 of the General Public License (GPL)..."

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Related Stories:
iTWire: GPL Debate: Pragmatism Needed(Feb 09, 2007)
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SunMink: Will Sun Use GPLv3?(Dec 06, 2006)
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Stephen Harpster, director of open sourc ...   OpenSolaris will remain insignificant   
Ronald Trip
Feb 12, 2007, 16:54:19
 
All the more reason why Schwartz may wan ...   Re: OpenSolaris will remain insignificant   
Joe Almeida
Feb 12, 2007, 18:43:04
 
I can see both Solaris and Linux benefit ...   GPL incompatibility   
Steve Stites
Feb 12, 2007, 18:49:55
 
Actually, many Enterprise businesses are ...   Solaris irrelevant   
paul
Feb 12, 2007, 23:48:24
 
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