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CNET News: Sun Names Likely License for Open-Source Java

By Stephen Shankland

“Sun Microsystems likely will use the Community Development and
Distribution License to govern the forthcoming open-source Java
software project, CEO Jonathan Schwartz said Wednesday.

“‘We’re within 30 to 60 days of announcing the open-sourcing of
the core Java platform, using an OSI-approved license–likely the
same license as we use for the Solaris operating system,’ Schwartz
said during an Oracle OpenWorld speech here…”


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