Re: licencing
- From: Jim Dunleavy <jim.dunleavy@xxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:25:37 +0100
Hi,
It's almost the same source code.
Remember, the Java source code was always available, but in 2006 Sun
made it available under the GPL.
--Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Octavian Rasnita <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: licencing
> Ok, thank you.
>
> Now I start to understand, although I don't understand... are 2 different
> Java source codes with no relations between them?
>
> Because otherwise the GPL code can be sold with no problems just because
it
> is downloaded from another site...
>
> Octavian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Dunleavy" <jim.dunleavy@xxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 4:40 PM
> Subject: Re: licencing
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > It is distributed as proprietary from java.sun.com.
> > The GPL distribution is at openjdk.org. I think that is the version on
> > which the Linux distributions are building their Java packages.
> > I read recently that Sun has completed the work to replace the last
> > few remaining components with versions that can be licensed under the
GPL.
> >
> > --Jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Octavian Rasnita <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 5:25 PM
> > Subject: Re: licencing
> >
> >
> >> Thank you. I have already read that page, but I don't understand if
Java
> > has
> >> a proprietary licencing scheme, or an open source/GPL licence type.
> >>
> >> Does anyone know?
> >>
> >> Octavian
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jared Wright" <wright.jaredm@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 4:38 PM
> >> Subject: Re: licencing
> >>
> >>
> >> > http://www.java.com/en/download/license.jsp
> >> > would probably be a good place to start.
> >> >
> >> > Jared
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> Does anyone know if Java uses the GPL licence?
> >> >> Or which other licence?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks.
> >> >>
> >> >> Octavian
> >> >>
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