[FYI] Sun öffnet Java (was Re: [FYI] Microsoft kooperiert mit Fraunhofer-Institut Darmstadt

["Ralf W. Stephan" <stephan@tmt.de>]

gert:
> > IOW, haettet *ihr* den _Return_, waere alles okay?
> 
> Wenn's Steuergelder sind: nein.  Die Ergebnisse muessen "public domain"
> sein (bei Forschung, Patenten, usw. - siehe BSD Unix) bzw. bei Dingen 
> wie das WiN muss der Zugang dazu halt so geregelt werden, dass keine
> Konkurrenzsituation zu normalen Gewerbetreibenden entsteht.

http://java.sun.com/pr/1998/12/pr981208-01.html
(SUN UNVEILS NEW LICENSING MODEL FOR THE JAVA(TM) 2 PLATFORM)
   ...
   The new licensing model for the Java technology continues to provide
   source code for noncommercial (research and education) purposes and
   continues to provide the Java Runtime Environment binary to software
   programmers and developers for incorporation into products free of
   charge. However, the new model is far more open in that it:
     * Allows commercial entities to use and modify the source code for
       commercial software product development without charge.
     * Allows innovation on the source code without requiring that
       innovation be returned to Sun.
     * Allows commercial entities to modify and share compatible source
       code with other commercial entities without charge and without
       mediation from Sun.
     * Allows licensees to package for resale Sun's Java platform class
       libraries with virtual machines from other licensees.
     ...

ralf
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