[ Thanks to Herri Melton for this
link. ]
“Sun is to open-source the last closed-source parts of Java, a
move that should make it possible to fully integrate the software
into Linux distributions.“Rich Sands, Sun’s group manager for developer marketing,
confirmed on Friday that Sun expects the work to be completed by
the end of this year.“Most of Java has already been opened up, barring a few elements
that had been held back because Sun did not own the rights to
them…”
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