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Open Source And Closed Standards?

Posted by timothy on from the you-must-be-this-tall-to-enter dept.

jaaron writes "Can open source and closed standards work together? That's the question asked by Kevin Bedell in his O'Reilly weblog article. The issue springs from questions on an OSI mailing list, hinting that Sun Microsystems is looking for an open source license that would require derivatives to maintain test suite compatibility. Under such a scheme Sun could maintain control of the Java API but allow open implementations."

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  1. ha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post!

    1. Re:ha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      or not...:P

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  3. dig me by (GNAA)Zeikfried · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    n/t

  4. Re:PWND by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't lie. I know you clicked it.

  5. Of course Sun wants this by SlashdotMirrorer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    With the upcoming LookingGlass failing on many hardware setups, it's only natural that they should look for a license that would allow them to capitalize on the efforts of the Bearded Terminal Hackers the oopen source movement provides.

  6. Re:PWND by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hate trolls.

    They're like snotty eight-year-old kids. Wait. They are snotty eight-year-old kids.

    And for your information, I didn't click the damn links. FoaD!

  7. Re:PWND by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes you did click on the links, I know.

    Your petty insults only make me stronger and drive me to troll more! You are digging yourself deeper here.

  8. Sensible colors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://shit.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/27/0 029249

  9. Re:frist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude, stop posting this garbage on Slashdot. No one wants to read it. In lay terms, FUCK OFF.

  10. Re:frist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Or what? You'll piss, whine, and moan all day? LOL.

    I happen to enjoy the GNAA and welcome more of their posts.

  11. this fFP for GNAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    bri8g your own Any doubt: FreeBSD 8And as BSD sinks AT&T and Berkeley

  12. bastards & I'm feeling lucky by fdover · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Type bastards into google and hit "I'm feeling lucky"..... see what happens ! Nice one !

  13. Re:Its called a trademark silly by k98sven · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    people don't have to "release" thier code under the GPL even though they build and link it with gcc.

    Link it to what.. The GNU C libraries? Then yes they would have to GPL their code. Except that the GNU C libraries aren't under the GPL. They are under the GPL with an exception allowing you to link to them without having to GPL your code.