Criticizing Sun's Java Desktop System

Posted by michael on Tuesday April 27, 2004 @11:00AM from the gnu/linuxy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Uh-oh. PJ is not a happy camper. 'Sun has made its choice and opted for The Way Things Used To Be,' she declares in a Linux Viewpoint at LinuxWorld. 'It's a new world, and Sun is not in it,' she declares. Her gripe is with the Java Desktop System, which she argues is grossly cavalier with the GPL and doesn't properly acknowledge its roots. Her main objection: 'You really could get the CD and run it without every knowing it had anything GNU/Linuxy in it or that the GPL provides you with guaranteed freedoms that Sun would like you not to know you have.' Feisty read, as ever, from Groklaw's founder and editor. That Jonesian coinage 'GNU/Linuxy' is worth the read alone!"

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/. and the GPL by chegosaurus · 2004-04-27 20:07 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You guys really should get your heads out of your asses over licensing, You carry on like someone being "cavalier with the GPL" is going to end up with us all in forced labour camps. "They mention Linux and the GPL VERY briefly" - this is how Hitler started! Stamp out this evil menace! This article is hilariously rabid.

Get off the crusade. Relax.