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Sun To Choose GPL For Open-Sourcing Java

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the open-'er-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes, "Sun is about to announce its plans for open-sourcing Java SE and ME, according to CRN — and they're going to use the GPL, not their own CDDL or another less-restrictive license."

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  1. GPL2 or 3? by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Next fight: which version?

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  2. Re:w00t! by caluml · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's better than wolfbagging. I'd never heard of it, and looked it up on Urban Dictionary - and wished I hadn't.

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