Change in Java SE 7 Reference Implementation license

[Mark Wielaard]

On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 08:54 -0700, mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote:
> A JSR in the JCP must provide a Specification, a Conformance Test Suite
> (CTS), and one or more Reference Implementations (RIs).  The RIs serve
> to demonstrate that the Specification is implementable, and so of course
> they must pass the CTS.  There are typically only a small number of RIs;
> in the case of Java SE 7, just for linux-x64 and windows-x86.
> 
> There can be many distinct products that implement the Specification,
> potentially from lots of different vendors.  Each such product must pass
> the CTS.

I assume by CTS you mean the TCK or JCK (too many acronyms meaning
slightly the same thing) for JDK7. Wasn't that supposed to be available
now for GPLed implementations under the OCTLA[*]? Or are you also going
to release the JDK7 TCK under the GPL?

Thanks,

Mark

[*] http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_the