Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:53:37 +0100 From: Heiner Strauss <heiner_ej@yahoo.de> To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Oracle terminate DLJ - does this have consequences for FreeBSD Message-ID: <4EEE52D1.6060802@yahoo.de> In-Reply-To: <4EEE46EA.1020302@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <2D19A95C-0DE5-4955-8A52-9D104B500339@ultra-secure.de> <4EEE46EA.1020302@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Am 12/18/11 21:02, schrieb Matthew Seaman: > On 18/12/2011 19:13, Rainer Duffner wrote: >> seems this already happened in August. >> >> Found on slashdot now, original article here: >> >> http://robilad.livejournal.com/90792.html >> >> http://jdk-distros.java.net/ >> >> >> Does that have any consequences for diablo-jdk? >> >> Ubuntu is, as usual, going berserk and apparently considers deleting it from the installed base.... > Yeah. It means FreeBSD gets to provide the standard Java distribution > -- which is now OpenJDK -- free to use, and without itself having to > stump up thousands of dollars via the FreeBSD Foundation simply for a > place at the table. > > This is Java coming into line with the other big languages of the > Internet age (perl, python, php, etc.), casting off the restrictive > licensing it had hobbled itself with initially and so enabling itself to > succeed in a way commensurate with its technical quality[*]. > > diablo-jdk was an unfortunate necessity for a while. It no longer is, > and that's really good news. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > [*] GPLv2 rather than a BSD-style license, but still a big step forwards. > And how do you bootstrap it ?
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