OpenJDK7 Windoze Binaries

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 29 November 2010 08:22, Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp.org> wrote:
> 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.
>

I don't think so.  It sounds more like an insidious attempt to get
more people working on (and tainted by) the proprietary code base and
hardly appropriate for the OpenJDK mailing lists.

> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>



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