Change in Java SE 7 Reference Implementation license

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 15:07 Wed 20 Jul     , mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote:
> 2011/7/20 14:07 -0700, ahughes at redhat.com:
> > On 08:41 Wed 20 Jul, mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote:
> >> The RI binaries are now available: http://jdk7.java.net/java-se-7-ri
> > 
> > I thought the release wasn't until the 28th?  Congrats. on getting it done early!
> 
> Shipping the RI is part of finishing the JCP Final Release,
> which is a different thing from shipping a supported product.
> 
> > But aren't these kinda useless if they don't get security updates?
> 
> They're meant only for testing and reference use, primarily
> by implementors trying to get their implementations to pass
> the JCK.
> 
> > Will there be any useful GPL binaries?
> 
> Yes -- from Red Hat, Canonical, Debian, and other Linux distros
> as usual, I expect.
> 

So, in other words, nothing changed and Oracle's implementation will
still be in proprietary binary form.

> - Mark

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Andrew :)

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