More Sun news: Sun promises to open-source Java

[Scott]

On 05/18/2006 05:53 AM, * Derek Broughton spake thusly:
> Senectus . wrote:
> 
>> On 17/05/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>>> Scott wrote:
>>>
> http://news.com.com/Sun+promises+to+open-source+Java/2100-7344_3-6072760.html?tag=nefd.lede
>>>>
>>> What?  Is it April 1 already?
>>>
>>> I'll be thrilled if it happens, but I'm not holding my breath.
>> Isn't that why RMS doesn't like the term "Open Source" ?
>> Open Source does not specifically mean "Free as in speech"
>> I be the licence is still pretty tightly woven.
>>
> It's supposed to be OSI - I don't follow license discussions closely enough
> to know (or care) whether RMS likes that one (or for that matter to
> remember what OSI stands for!).

OSI = Open Source Initiative. They define/manage the various Open Source
Licenses (e.g. Apache, BSD, CDDL, GPL, LGPL, BSD, MIT, MPL etc, etc...)

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/

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