OpenJDK7 Windoze Binaries

Mark Wielaard mark at klomp.org
Mon Nov 29 00:22:00 PST 2010


On Sun, 2010-11-28 at 20:06 -0800, Erik Trimble wrote:
> Oh, and a corporate plug here:  if you buy an Oracle support contract 
> for the JDK, you get access to all builds and the special "secret sauce" 
> source code, including for all Updates.
> 
> So, open that wallet, and dump out the contents...

Do you mean that by getting a support contract for the JDK you will then
get access to this source code under free terms? So it will then be
possible to add this source code to OpenJDK and/or redistribute it under
the GPL? That would be awesome! Then those who contribute to the OpenJDK
community source code can share as equals. If so, then maybe we should
see if we can raise some money to get access to such a support contract
to liberate the last remaining binary plugs.

Thanks,

Mark



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