Why FC4 using the Jpackage 1.4.2 Java?
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mon Jun 27 17:14:27 UTC 2005
On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 11:25, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> >
> > The statement that "Sun's Java isnt even slightly open source" is
> > clearly an exaggeration.
>
> The definition of Open Source if pretty clear.
> http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
> And so is the definition of Free Software.
> http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html
>
> The version of the java platform that sun distributes is clearly not-free and
> not-opensource. Fedora is about providing a free software platform based on the
> above definitions.
Note that the FSF definition of free is in contrast most other uses of
the word. Java is 'not-free' only in that fanatical sense.
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Les Mikesell
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