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Sun releases Java under GPLv2

Posted Nov 13, 2006 20:04 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Sun releases Java under GPLv2 by jeroen
Parent article: Sun releases Java under GPLv2

Maybe jcrigby meant libgcc. Compiled-language runtime libraries (which
glibc isn't, not really) tend to be under GPL+exception or something
analogous (they pretty much have to be if the language is to gain traction
outside the pure-free-software world).

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