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Date:      Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:02:50 +0000
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de>
Cc:        freebsd-java@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Oracle terminate DLJ - does this have consequences for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <4EEE46EA.1020302@infracaninophile.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <2D19A95C-0DE5-4955-8A52-9D104B500339@ultra-secure.de>
References:  <2D19A95C-0DE5-4955-8A52-9D104B500339@ultra-secure.de>

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On 18/12/2011 19:13, Rainer Duffner wrote:
> seems this already happened in August.
>=20
> Found on slashdot now, original article here:
>=20
> http://robilad.livejournal.com/90792.html
>=20
> http://jdk-distros.java.net/
>=20
>=20
> Does that have any consequences for diablo-jdk?
>=20
> 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.=


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