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Netbeans 6 Dual-Licensed Under GPLv2, CDDL

Posted by kdawson on from the drip-grind-caffeinated dept.

Lally Singh writes "Interested in the new Netbeans 6, but didn't trust Sun's (already OSI-approved) CDDL? Sun just Dual-Licensed it under the GPL (v2) with Classpath Exception. Keep your karmic license purity and mix in all the (now compatible) GPL code you want. If you've been using Eclipse, Netbeans 6 is really worth a look. Lean, well-featured, and fast."

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  1. v2? by larry+bagina · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    interesting. Sun's aware of GPL v3 and what it means (eg, they have discussed licensing open solaris as GPL v3 to prevent code from being used by linux). I'm guessing they don't want to give up their patents just yet. Don't forget they paid SCO.

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  2. My initial response by Max+Littlemore · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Lean, well-featured, and fast."

    Hahahahahahahahahaahaha!.

    Lean, wel-Hahahahahahahahahaha!

    Wait - wait - fas-Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

    Thanks kdawson, you made my day. Should have given it that foot icon though....

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  3. Re:Dual license? by NevarMore · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You sir are a true slashdotter. Not only did you not RTFM the first time around, but you waited until there was a bakers dozen of responses to your question THEN read the article. You couldn't leave it at that either, you then had to reply to your own post stating that you read the article throwing hot grits in the faces of the people who also did not read the article but "knew" the answer to your question anyway.

    Bravo, sir. Bravo.