On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 10:35:01AM -0400, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote: > Also, is java completely "open-source" > What I really mean is the JVM from Sun "open-source"? Sun's Java isnt even slightly open source, let alone completely. > If the answer is no then java taints the Fedora OS, right? Luckily, there's the beginnings of hope. The Java stuff that comes with FC4 *is* entirely open source (and compiled to native code, so it doesn't require a JVM). And, for the future, there's the Java Harmony project; <http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-harmony-dev/200505.mbox/%3C50351021-6408-437D-949A-7AF2AD4DFD0F@xxxxxxxxxx%3E> -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 80 degrees Fahrenheit.