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Red Hat Not Satisfied with Sun's New Java License

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the talking-coffee-related-smack dept.

twofish writes "According to a Register article Sun Microsystems' new GNU/Linux-friendly Java license does not go far enough for Red Hat. Brian Stevens, Red Hat CTO, says Sun should have open-sourced Java instead. The new license does have the support of Canonical (main Ubuntu sponsor), Gentoo and Debian." From the article: "He says the failure to open-source Java means that it can't be used on millions of $100, Linux-powered PCs envisioned under Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project, to bring affordable computing to children in developing nations. Negroponte wants only open source software on the machines, according to Red Hat, which is a member of the project."

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  1. CC No-No? by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Recently I've seen arguments that the Creative Commons license is incompatible with Debian distribution, even if the code accompanying the CC content is GPL. That same argument seems to fault the CC license for its anticommerce clause.

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  2. Re:Money. by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nah, they can just charge millions for testing and logos.

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