This link has been bookmarked by 3 people . It was first bookmarked on 15 Nov 2006, by Reynaldo Cordero Corro.
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05 Mar 08
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committers will need to sign a contributor agreement that provides for joint copyright assignment and also assigns patent licenses to Sun
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to ensure that users of Java don't have to worry about getting claims that by using Java they're infringing a patent held by any of the contributors to Java (including Sun); so we have to prevent anyone, whether by accident or on purpose, from contributing code to Java and then being able to launch claims against people who use it.
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driving more volume and adoption for Java and maintaining the "write once run anywhere compatibility promise."
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new hardware platforms & operating systems
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shipped by default on GNU/Linux distro's
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Government-friendly
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minimze any likelihood of proprietary forks in the codebase
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Java promise of compatibility. We'll use a business/legal approach, rather than a technical approach. Which is to say, you can take the code, you can change the code, you can compile the code, you can publish the code, you can sell the code, no permission required. But you can't call it Java or use the coffee-cup logo without going through all the same processes you have to now: pass the appropriate TCK and secure the copyright clearance.
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The GPL doesn't require that bytecode classes using a GPLd java.lang.Object be licensed under the GPL as well. That's because neither the bytecode nor the source code using it are derivative works of java.lang.Object
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15 Nov 06
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13 Nov 06
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