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Canonical To Remove Sun Java From Repositories, Users' Machines

Posted by timothy on from the you-mean-you-keep-it-networked? dept.

New submitter an_orphan writes "Apparently, Oracle's 'Operating System Distributor License for Java' is expired, causing Ubuntu to not only remove sun-java from the partner repository, but from user's machines."

2 of 307 comments (clear)

  1. Writing was on the wall by strredwolf · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Gentoo saw the license expiring, and did a proactive thing: flipped the "fetch restriction" flag back on, forcing users to pull it manually and slap it into the right place to install/upgrade.

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    # Canmephians for a better Linux Kernel
    $Stalag99{"URL"}="http://stalag99.net";
  2. Re:An the point is? by amiga3D · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's being replace by OpenJDK. It was planned to happen like this for years. This was planned obsolescence with a gradual move to OpenJDK. Their is no surprise here except for those who didn't know it was coming. The summary is inflammatory but if you read the article you see that this is nothing really.