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Free Software Magazine: Sun’s Right Move: GPL Java

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 15, 2006

“Today marks the rebirth of Java. Sun has announced their intent
to release the source code for Java under the GPL. If this isn’t
some of the best news in a long time, I don’t know what is.

“Sun isn’t releasing all of the code. It seems there
are parts of Java Sun doesn’t own, and for which Sun hasn’t been
able to negotiate releasing under the GPL. But, it appears this is
a tiny bit of the code…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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