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Sun Looks To GPL3 For Java, Solaris

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the community-friendly dept.

daria42 writes "Sun is leaning toward changing the license for Java and Solaris to the GNU GPL version 3. The article has some insightful comments from Sun boss Jonathan Schwartz. '"Will we GPL Solaris? We want to ensure we can interact with the GPL community and the Mozilla community and the BSD community," he says.'"

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  1. Re:Huh? by aussie_a · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    they just choose people with some INTERPERSONAL skills Wow, I'm sorry to hear you don't have a job. Or are these businesses willing to hire dumb people with no interpersonal skills?
  2. Re:just curious... (a bit off topic) by LizardKing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Sun has now asked for our thoughts on moving the Solaris operating system to GPLv3 and what they would need to do to engage the free software developer community. Specifically, they see the advantages of creating a GNU system, utilising the kernel of Solaris."

    Putting the GNU userland on top of the Solaris kernel would be like putting the body of a '72 Dodge Charger on the chassis of a BMW 530. The Sun command line tools may not have as many extra command line options as some of their GNU counterparts, but the libraries are far better coded than glibc.