Sun looks to GPL v3 for Java, Solaris

Submitted by Ty on February 12, 2007 - 11:00am

When it comes to open sourcing Solaris and Java, patents and politics are leading Sun toward a change of heart.

The question is which open source licence should govern the building of projects out of the company's technology crown jewels. The open source Solaris project began with a Community Development and Distribution License (CDDL), and open source Java employs version 2 of the General Public License (GPL).

Sun looks to GPL v3 for Java, Solaris.

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