Sun releases Java under GPLv2

Sun releases Java under GPLv2

Posted Nov 13, 2006 22:53 UTC (Mon) by bojan (subscriber, #14302)
In reply to: Sun releases Java under GPLv2 by AJWM
Parent article: Sun releases Java under GPLv2

Yeah, all good points. My notebook currently displays this, when "java -version" is run:

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java version "1.4.2"
gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.1.1 20061011 (Red Hat 4.1.1-30)

Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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I'm hoping that in the future this will be replaced by something like:

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java version "1.7.3"
gij (GNU libgcj) version 5.2.3 20081113 (Red Hat 5.2.3-25)
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.7.3_07-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.7.3_07-b01, mixed mode, sharing)

Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright (C) 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Hey, one can dream, right? ;-)

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