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Well, for all and should be known the news, Sun decided to release Java source.

I noticed several significant things:

• The license GPL Classpath more exceptions, which allow certain files can be linked in non-GPL. Classpath is the implementation of the Java library used in almost every open source Java projects so far, does use the same license code that can move between projects without problems.
• The degree of preparation for the announcement, there are even videos of Richard Stallman on the Sun site.
• now available subversion repository with the sources.

In general, very good news. Of course, lack enough yet to have Sun Java GPL distributions as new code was released HotSpot (JIT engine) and javac (the compiler). Next year will be completed with the library.

In my opinion, a triumph for the free software community, and especially for those who worked so long in a free Java (with projects like Kaffe, Classpath, Cacao, jamvm, sablevm, GCJ, etc.). Notable

now that the existing free Java are able to run many Java applications (Classpath 99.9% have implemented an API for Java 1.4 and 95% of the API of Java 1.5) Sun finally released once their own platform.

For now, I look forward to the release of the library of Java Classpath to complete and have all Java competing alternatives at the same level.