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J2SE 5.0 Source Code Bundles Now Available

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the compile-again-run-anywhere dept.

madcowbrit writes "J2SE 5.0 Source code bundles are now available with SCSL and the new and exciting Java Research license! Coders have been asking for Java J2SE source code access under new terms. The new Java Research license gives people more access and options to work with the Java J2SE source code."

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  1. I STAND CORRECTED!!! by molarmass192 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The binaries are only fonts, sounds, and icons ... you DO get all the source code. I'm friggen impressed now!

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    Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws-Plato
  2. not open at all by geg81 · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can find Sun's license here. Sun admits that it isn't an open source license, they are just trying to argue that it is somehow better than open source.

    Because Debian is forced to classify software into open source or not, Debian has had to look at this in some detail, and they concluded that it was not open source.

  3. Re:That sure is 'open'... by Hollins · · Score: 4, Informative
    This should tell you something - only a license that plans to restrict your rights in some unpleasant way requires a clickthrough. Seriously - I always get the willies from having to clickthrough to accept anything.

    That's interesting, because the last time I installed firefox, it required a clickthrough acceptance of the GPL. I didn't get any willies at all.

  4. Re:If for Research... by YetAnotherAnonymousC · · Score: 4, Informative

    Another thing to remember is that IBM actually has written much of the j2se code. Who knows what the exact details of that license agreement are? I suspect that Sun (same goes for IBM) may not even have the full legal rights to unilaterally open source the j2se even if they decided they wanted to do it tomorrow.