Re: [tlug] Sun Java GPLv2

[Shawn <javajunkie@example.com>]

> "Today" .. "Sun is" .. "open sourcing"―under the GNU General Public
> License version 2 (GPLv2)"[1]
 

Don't forget the "classpath exception" which is that ...

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