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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • November 13, 2006
    An article by Martin LaMonica on Sun's decision to make Java a truly open-source platform:

    ``After years of requests and debates, Sun Microsystems is ready to release Java source code under a Linux-friendly license.

    ``On Monday, it plans to put the code for the programming software under the version 2 of the General Public License (GPLv2), which governs Linux and man other open-source products. The Sun-hosted Java.net Web site will provide access to Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME) software for mobile phones and Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) software for desktop applications....

    ``Green said that Sun has not committed to using the GPL version 3 in the future. He added that people at Sun are part of the negotiations over GPLv3.''

    Full story:
    http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6134584.html

    That certainly is a dramatic move, choosing what some people call a "viral license." However, there is precedence for using the GPL in large, commercial products: IBM and SGI have done it. And open-source platforms like Python, PHP and Perl have been taking developers away from Java.

    Now, a GPL'd Solaris. That would be even more dramatic!

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