Sun Picks GPL License for Java Code

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Martin LaMonica[Edit][Delete]: Sun Picks GPL License for Java Code, Zdnet [Edit][Delete]ZDNet [Edit][Delete] November 13, 2006
Sun has finally agreed to license Java under GPL, the open source license used by Linux. This doesn't change my views about Java, which I still think is ridiculously over-engineered. But it means that maybe some decent Java applications will be written. More...