Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:45:49 +0200 From: Antonio Vieiro <antonio@antonioshome.net> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Status of Java in FreeBSD? (OpenSolaris is dead) Message-ID: <4C65A0ED.7060909@antonioshome.net> In-Reply-To: <20100813185708.GA26455@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <4C6587F8.7040102@antonioshome.net> <20100813185708.GA26455@slackbox.erewhon.net>
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On 13/08/2010 20:57, Roland Smith wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 07:59:20PM +0200, Antonio Vieiro wrote: >> I'm currently using OpenJDK16 from ports. Is OpenJDK free from Oracle >> hands or not? > > Depends what you mean by free. It's under the GPLv2, so I think you should be > good wrt copyrights. I think that the Diablo JVM has Sun source code [1], and this is released under a partner agreement or something, so I imagine Oracle could shut it down as well, right? OpenJDK is under GPLV2, but I'm not sure it covers the whole JVM. I'll try to find out. Thanks, Antonio [1] http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml > > Patents might be different matter, though! To the best of my knowledge, the EU > law doesn't allow patenting software. But if you really want to know where you > stand you should consult a lawyer who knows Spanish and EU patent law. > > People in the US could very well be screwed, however. OTOH, Oracle's lawsuit > against Google over Android could potentially lead to the patents asserted in > that case being found invalid > > Roland
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