Sun to Change Java License for Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday May 5, 2006 @12:44AM from the friendly-coffee dept.

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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Re:Finally! by Fordiman · 2006-05-05 02:49 · Score: 0, Redundant

*inhales* Wooohooo! Wooop! Woop! Wooohooo! Wooop! Woop! *inhales* Wooohooo! Wooop! Woop! Wooohooo! Wooop! Woop!

Um, yeah. I approve.

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