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Tectonic: FSF Praises Sun’s Commitment to OS

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“The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced yesterday that
they welcomed the public commitment from Sun Microsystems to
distribute its proprietary Java platform under the GNU General
Public Licence (GPL).

“FSF president and founder Richard Stallman said, ‘I think Sun
has contributed more than any other company to the free software
community in the form of software. It shows leadership. It’s an
example I hope others will follow…'”

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