Java 6 now GPLv2 and included in Ubuntu 8.04

[mdlbear]

Open Source Java Technology Debuts In GNU/Linux Distributions

Latest Releases of Fedora and Ubuntu Feature OpenJDK-based Implementations

SANTA CLARA, CA April 30, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), Canonical Ltd. and Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), today announced the inclusion of OpenJDK-based (http://openjdk.java.net) implementations in Fedora 9 and Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Server and Desktop editions, furthering the promise of Sun's open source Java technology initiative.

In addition, the NetBeans 6.0 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) (http://www.netbeans.org) is being delivered as part of the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS release and Canonical has certified Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition on several Sun x86 systems.

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Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

hottowilly. Now I can apt-get a proper JVM instead of having to suck it down and stuff it in /usr/local...

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm, it's also available in Multiverse in Gutsy.... 'course, that may be in backports, too, but hey.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

*snort* apparently the JVM itself is part of the standard Gutsy Kubuntu install; it's just the dev tools that aren't... I didn't explicitly ask for it, but it's here.. :)

[randwolf.livejournal.com]

Do Swing and AWT work? Is anyone doing testing?

[mdlbear]

I'd be very surprised if they didn't -- the Sun JDKs have been available for Linux since the beginning. Only thing different this time is the license.