Java source openly available?
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| Void_Main Sep 30, 2004 5:03 PM EDT |
Quoting:Ever since the very first release back in 1995, all [Java] sources have been openly available for download. Huh? |
| tzafrir Sep 30, 2004 5:33 PM EDT |
A visit to the BlackDown project will probably answer your question. This is a project with its source publicly available. It is based on Sun's Java and thus the license is SCSL . They support all the platforms Sun doesn't care about. http://blackdown.org . Read their status page and their FAQ. |
| Void_Main Sep 30, 2004 5:54 PM EDT |
I guess I am confused because of all of the articles like these that have been floating around for the last 6 months: http://news.com.com/2100-1007_3-5165427.html I am still confused but I'll try and read up as much as I can find on the blackdown.org site. Thanks for pointing that out! |
| mariuz Oct 01, 2004 12:04 AM EDT |
A simple question : Where is the cvs tree ? |
| tzafrir Oct 01, 2004 6:21 PM EDT |
I'm not sure they have a public one. I believe that the authors have signed some NDAs with Sun. However they have been releasing new releases relatively regularly for quite a long time. I figure you should ask the authors or on their mailing list. |
| mariuz Oct 02, 2004 3:17 AM EDT |
Is *not* open open source :( http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/faq/faq.html#faq1_1 1.3 But isn't Java free already? Sun Microsystems, the company who has created Java, currently distributes the “Java Development Kit” and “Java Runtime Environment” at no cost. The former even comes with the source code of the standard class library. However, the “Sun Community Source License” does not grant essential freedoms, for example the right to distribute a modified version of the code. Therefore, Sun’s implementation does not qualify as Free Software. |
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