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On the Horizon: an Apache-License Version of Java

Posted by timothy on from the better-definition-of-trusted-computing dept.

mparaz writes "Geir Magnusson of the Apache Software Foundation announced a J2SE 5 implementation project called 'Harmony.' It covers the virtual machine and the class libraries, and aims to pass the Sun specification. A FAQ is available."

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  1. Parent uninformed or troll by Chris_Jefferson · · Score: 3, Funny
    The link you post to is the FSF's problem with Java's current licence. Their actual opinion on the Apache License v2.0 is below. It's incompatable due to patent related issues that the GPL doesn't (and probably should) deal with. It's a fine free software license:

    Apache Software License, version 2.0

    This is a free software license but it is incompatible with the GPL. The Apache Software License is incompatible with the GPL because it has a specific requirement that is not in the GPL: it has certain patent termination cases that the GPL does not require. (We don't think those patent termination cases are inherently a bad idea, but nonetheless they are incompatible with the GNU GPL.)

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  2. Excellent! by multipartmixed · · Score: 3, Funny

    And after it passes the Sun spec, we can fix it to be useful (since we have the source) with a simple header change:

    #define sleep(a) while(0) ..that should eliminate half of the code, decreasing binary size and actually performing. ;)

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