On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 11:25, Mark Wielaard wrote: > > > > The statement that "Sun's Java isnt even slightly open source" is > > clearly an exaggeration. > > The definition of Open Source if pretty clear. > http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php > And so is the definition of Free Software. > http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html > > The version of the java platform that sun distributes is clearly not-free and > not-opensource. Fedora is about providing a free software platform based on the > above definitions. Note that the FSF definition of free is in contrast most other uses of the word. Java is 'not-free' only in that fanatical sense. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
