02.24.07
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Posted in Free/Libre Software, FSF, GNU/Linux, SUN at 8:30 am by Shane Coyle
Sun has, in recent times, become an increasingly vocal and active supporter of Free Software and the community.
With the announcement that Java will be licensed under the General Public License and subsequent rumors regarding the possibility of Open Solaris being licensed under the upcoming GPLv3, and now we have an announcement that Sun is becoming a patron for the Free Software Foundation.
I am glad to see Sun fully embracing the community – not only the technical terms and conditions of the GPL, but its principles and spirit as well.
Update: Sorry, forgot to link to Simon Phipp’s weblog, where I heard about this to begin with. That was rude of me.
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