On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 07:59:20PM +0200, Antonio Vieiro wrote: > Hi all, > > Now that OpenSolaris is dead [1] I was wondering what the status of Java > is in FreeBSD. > [1] http://sstallion.blogspot.com/2010/08/opensolaris-is-dead.html
IMO the "status" of Java is "best to avoid it". Just ask Google. :-) > I'm currently using OpenJDK16 from ports. Is OpenJDK free from Oracle > hands or not? Depends what you mean by free. It's under the GPLv2, so I think you should be good wrt copyrights. Patents might be different matter, though! To the best of my knowledge, the EU law doesn't allow patenting software. But if you really want to know where you stand you should consult a lawyer who knows Spanish and EU patent law. People in the US could very well be screwed, however. OTOH, Oracle's lawsuit against Google over Android could potentially lead to the patents asserted in that case being found invalid. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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