Sun to Change Java License for Linux

daria42 writes "It looks like the days of downloading Java every time you re-install a Linux box may be at an end. Reports are trickling in that Sun plans to alter the Java license to make it easier to bundle the JRE with Linux. From the article: 'Sun has faced calls several times to open-source Java, which advocates say would foster innovative open-source development. The company has resisted formally open-sourcing all of the Java software, but it has dramatically changed the development process around Java and changed licenses to make it easier to see Java source code.'"

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You mean...

[hummassa]

That being said, I agree that having the option of installing a real sun JRE/JDK with apt-get or rpm WITHOUT dropping to the command line or hacking configuration would be a BIG bonus and widen the audience beyond CS students and linux gurus.

like, say, K-MENU [click] System [click] Adept [click] [wait half a second] [type password] [enter] [wait 5 seconds] hmmm... [click on search box] j2 [wait a second] [click on j2re entry on the grid] Install package [click] Apply changes [click] [wait 30 seconds] ???

Re:But what about Windows?

[eddeye]

this means that Windows will be the only major OS that can't seem to come with Java delivered right out of the box.

In other words, running Windows does have some benefits after all.