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- Sun Relaxes Its Java Licensing Posture
- Red Hat vs Sun Battle of Words Heats Up
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- "Let Java Go" - ESR Writes an Open Letter to Scott McNealy
- "Letting Java Go" - James Gosling in 2003 on Open-Sourcing Java
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- Should Sun "Let Java Go"? Now Come the Counter-Arguments vs Open-Sourcing Java
- "Let's Collaborate on Open-Sourcing Java": IBM Writes Open Letter to Sun
- "Let's Bundle Free Java with Linux," Says IBM's Sutor
- Sun Will Open-Source Java "Today, Tomorrow or Two Years Down the Road"
- Open-Source Java? "The Debate is Still Going On, Fast and Furious," Says Gosling
- Is Java Bigger than Sun? - The Java Ecosystem Debates the Future of Java
Sun's "Project Peabody" - a codename that no one has yet explained - involves the introduction, in approximately a month's time, of a new license called JIUL, standing for Java Internal Use License; and another called JDL, for Java Distribution License.
JIUL will supersede the SCSL (Sun Community Source License), Hamilton said.
Hamilton, a Sun VP and Fellow in the Java platform team who was the lead architect for J2SE releases 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5, added that Sun's main goal is to "increase the transparency of [its] licensing" with the JCP and the development community at large.
Sun has also created the JRL (Java Research Licence) - a new license created specifically for universities and researchers who want to use Java technologies as subject matter for learning and research. The JRL is intended for all Java platforms, profiles, and standard extensions currently covered under Java SCSL licenses (e.g. J2SE, J2EE, and J2ME).
"It was written to simplify and relax the terms of the existing 'research' section of the current SCSL," says Sun at its website, adding:
The JRL is not, Sun stresses, a commercial license. It is only for initial research and development projects. If you decide to use your project internally for a productive use, and/or distribute your product to others, you must sign a commercial agreement and meet the Java compatibility requirements. Developers can send questions related to the JRL to JRLFeedback@sun.com, and/or post comments on the java-net project forum."This license is designed for the research community. This includes schools and universities as well as companies that are interested in investigating new products and services using Java technologies. This research license is only for initial research and development projects, and can be used for java.net projects among peers who have agreed to its terms. If you decide to use your project internally for a productive use, and/or distribute your product to others, you must sign a commercial agreement and meet the Java compatibility requirements."
The three new Java licenses interest, but do not overly impress, Burton Group VP and Research Director Anne Thomas Manes, moderator of the "App Server Shoot-Out" Keynote Panel
"Sun should have open-sourced Java five years ago," she told a reporter.
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- Flashback to '04: "Let Java Go" – ESR Writes Open Letter to Sun
- "Letting Java Go" - James Gosling in 2003 on Open-Sourcing Java
- "I Wasn't Brought In to Have Warm Fuzzies with Slashdot," Says McBride
- "No Sun Is An Island," Says Javalobby Founder
- Flashback to '04: Now Come the Counter-Arguments Against Open-Sourcing Java
- Flashback to '04: IBM to Sun – "Let's Collaborate on Open-Sourcing Java"
- "Let's Bundle Free Java with Linux," Says IBM's Sutor
- Sun Will Open-Source Java "Today, Tomorrow or Two Years Down the Road"
- Open-Source Java? "The Debate is Still Going On, Fast and Furious," Says Gosling
- Is Java Bigger than Sun? - The Java Ecosystem Debates the Future of Java
- Red Hat vs Sun Battle of Words Heats Up
- If Sun Released Java Under an Open Source License, What Type of License Might It Use?
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lgplgpl 03/19/05 01:32:51 PM EST | |||
Classic Sun. |
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Distraction Therapy 03/18/05 08:42:59 AM EST | |||
Maybe Sun should bid against Oracle and SAP for Retek and take people's eyes off Java for a bit ;-) |
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MoreIsSometimesLess 03/18/05 07:27:01 AM EST | |||
Java Research Licence, Java Distribution License, Java Internal Use License...smoke and mirrors or the real thing? How long are they, where can we find them to check them out, and when? |
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Licenses x3 03/18/05 06:52:57 AM EST | |||
Wasn't James Gosling supposed to speak on this topic, how come Graham Hamilton took over? |
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polese 03/18/05 06:23:54 AM EST | |||
Java + OSS commented on 18 March 2005: Thanks for that link. |
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licensee 03/18/05 05:01:47 AM EST | |||
So will the SCSL go away for J2EE too soon? |
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infoPoint 03/18/05 04:29:47 AM EST | |||
Sun spent $863 million on research and development through the first half of its 2005 fiscal year and McNealy said the company's investments were "paying off with heightened interest from existing customers and attention from new customers." (Feb. 2, 2005) |
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skEptiker 03/18/05 03:14:07 AM EST | |||
}}} Kim Polese: Java's success derives from principles that are central to the growth of open source software {{{ Maybe so, but do these 3 new more-open-but-not-quite-open licenses adhere to those same principles, or merely muddy the waters? |
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Java + OSS 03/18/05 03:08:15 AM EST | |||
Kim Polese, now CEO of SpikeSource, has written (http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=48533&DE=1): Java's success derives from principles that are central to the growth of open source software |
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hsmith 03/18/05 02:47:39 AM EST | |||
1.6 "mustang" will be named java 6.0, for whatever reason. i just assume they will never go to 2.x, but continue on with 1.x up until forever. the whole "java 2.0", "java 5.0" is stupid to begin with. |
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Deja Vu 03/18/05 02:46:41 AM EST | |||
I could have swore I read this article (Sun planning on opening Java) - in 1989? |
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fantastic 03/18/05 02:45:01 AM EST | |||
See this article for some inside info on the naming (http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=48538&DE=1). |
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