[A2k] Oracle and Sun

[Claude Almansi]

Hi Subbiah

According to Myriam Schweingruber (1), in a discussion on the same
theme on the the Wilhelm Tux mailing list, MySQL and OpenOffice's
freedom is protected by their GPL licenses. As to Java she says it is
already in great part under GPL and that Sun promised to free the
rest, though "it is not clear whether this shall happen before the
takeover becomes effective".

Best

Claude


(1) See <http://www.fsdaily.com/Community/FSFE_Fellowship_interview_with_Myriam_Schweingruber>

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:28 AM, Subbiah Arunachalam
<subbiah.arunachalam@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Friends:
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> Now that Oracle has acquired Sun, what would happen to all the stuff Sun
> freed? Will Java, MySQL, OpenOffice, etc. be proprietary again?
>
> The FLOSS movement should convince Oracle to keep them open for ever.
>
> Subbiah Arunachalam