2006
11.15

Java

Categoria: Informatica / Tag: nessun tag / 2 commenti

Da http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-welcomes-gpl-java.html:

BOSTON, MA — Wednesday, November 15, 2006 — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) welcomed the public commitment from Sun Microsystems to distribute its proprietary Java platform under the GNU General Public License (GPL) — the world’s most widely used free software license.
FSF president and founder Richard Stallman said, “I think Sun has contributed more than any other company to the free software community in the form of software. It shows leadership. It’s an example I hope others will follow.”
Sun accompanied its announcement with the immediate release of code under terms of the GPL for several Java components, and has committed to releasing the remainder in the near future.

Ora Java mi piace un po’ di più ;). Per quanto pensi che Sun faccia ste cose più che altro sperando di guadagnarci qualcosa (anche “solo” il lavoro gratuito dei maniaci del software libero), le fa, ed è questo che conta.