OpenJDK steps closer to full GPL open source
Only builds on a few major platforms, and with additional license terms
At this week's JavaOne, Sun announced that they have uploaded more pieces of the JDK to the open source repository. At the same time, they announced that there are some big missing pieces that will not be available under GPL until somebody replaces them, which may take six-twelve months. There is a binary workaround - for some platforms only; Mac OS X and the BSD's are left out - in the interim. They also announced a semi-independent body to manage the development of the open sourse project known as OpenJDK...