Re: Is java open source?
- From: "David N. Welton" <davidw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 08:38:00 +0200
Roedy Green wrote:
> On 6 Oct 2005 13:55:14 -0700, "Mastadex" <Mastadex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote or
> quoted :
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>>Is Java open source? Explain why or why not.
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> You can look at MOST of the source for 1.5 in SRC.ZIP
>
> You can download the complete beta for 1.6, including source for
> Javac.exe.. But I don't think you can download all the source for
> 1.5. The C source and com.sun. classes are not easily available.
"open source" doesn't just mean "you can look at the source code". Open
source is a series of freedoms that you have when dealing with the code
in question. Java from Sun is not open source.
BTW, some of the free implementations *are* coming along rather nicely,
but it seems to have been ingrained in people's heads that they are "far
from complete". They're worth checking out of CVS now and then and
having some fun with if you know what you're doing.
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