Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 22, 2003 02:50 PM
Java is MORE open source than most linux (read GPL) software. It is supported by most of the open source community (like Apache) at the JCP (jcp.org). You can join the JCP, you can download the source, you can contribute patches and/or entire new functionality through the JCP.
Unlike GPL however, you can use it for personal OR commercial. In that respect, it is more like BSD than GPL. Since GPL restricts the usage, I would say that the Java platform is MORE open source.
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Re:Open Source?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 22, 2003 02:50 PMUnlike GPL however, you can use it for personal OR commercial. In that respect, it is more like BSD than GPL. Since GPL restricts the usage, I would say that the Java platform is MORE open source.
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