Change in Java SE 7 Reference Implementation license

[Paul Rank]

Hi Mark,
We are working to make JCK 7 available under the OCTLA.  We hope to have 
JCK 7 available for you soon.
Thanks,
Paul


On 7/25/2011 8:41 AM, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> 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