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Sun Works With Apache Software Foundation

Posted by Hemos on from the he-said-she-said dept.

The Jakarta group had raised some concerns over the proposed Java Specification Participation Agreement. After some hemming and hawing, it appears that the Java Community Process chair (Sun) has agreed with the ASF's concerns - but IANAL ? . If you have more info, paste it below.

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  1. Could you provide a link?` by davidu · · Score: 1, Funny
    Could you please provide a link where we can get more information?
    </sarcasm>

    -davidu
    --

    # Hack the planet, it's important.
  2. this is totally offtopic but by Chundra · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it just me, or is the java icon they're using a styrofoam cup of coffee with cigarette butts floating in it? If so, it's cool (even though it was copped from a perl jounal a while back). If not, what the hell is that floating in there?

    1. Re:this is totally offtopic but by Grue · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought it looked like hot chocolate with a half melted deformed marshmallow blob.

      Insert paranoid conspiracy rant about Java not really being what it seems...

      Josh

  3. Re:I'm not really suprised... by Kerg · · Score: 4, Funny
    Hint:

    META-INF/manifest.mf

  4. Re:I'm not really suprised... by soybean · · Score: 2, Funny
    I suspect that if it were all of a sudden GPL'd everyone here would bow down and start worshipping it, because it's the coolest thing since the hula-hoop.

    You know, for kids.