[FSUG-Bangalore] Sun Releases GPL Java Today

[Ciaran O'Riordan]

"പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen" <pravi.a at gmail.com> writes:
> Richard Stallman of the FSF has endorsed the move, and will appear on a live
> web cast <http://www.sun.com/2006-1113/feature/index.jsp> with Sun CEO
> Johnathan Schwartz and software chief Rich Green. "
> 
> http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t84244.html

Strange.  That page says that RealPlayer will be needed to view the webcast.
Richard usually doesn't allow audio/video publishers to publish his messages
via formats that encourage the use of proprietary software.

Maybe someone didn't tell him they would be using RealPlayer.

> Great win for Free Software.

Yes.

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