www/philosophy java-trap.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       06/12/06 05:22:28

Modified files:
        philosophy     : java-trap.html 

Log message:
        Note that Sun's Java is being freed, and what that implies.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/java-trap.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.17&r2=1.18

Patches:
Index: java-trap.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/java-trap.html,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -b -r1.17 -r1.18
--- java-trap.html      2 Sep 2006 17:43:13 -0000       1.17
+++ java-trap.html      6 Dec 2006 05:21:54 -0000       1.18
@@ -22,14 +22,24 @@
 
 <p><a href="/graphics/philosophicalgnu.html"><img 
src="/graphics/philosophical-gnu-sm.jpg" alt=" [image of a Philosophical Gnu] " 
/></a></p>
 
-<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/";>Richard Stallman</a><br />
-April 12, 2004
-</p>
+<p>by <a href="http://www.stallman.org/";>Richard Stallman</a></p>
 
 <p><a href="#translations">Translations</a> of this page</p>
 
 <hr />
 
+Headnote: <br />
+
+As of December 2006, Sun is in the middle of rereleasing its Java
+platform under the GNU GPL.  When this license change is completed, we
+expect that Java will be no longer be a trap.  Notwithstanding that,
+the general issue described here will remain important, because any
+non-free library or programming platform can cause a similar problem.
+We must learn a lesson from the history of Java, so we can avoid other
+traps in the future.
+
+<hr />
+April 12, 2004
 
 <p>
   If your program is free software, it is basically ethical--but there is a 
trap 
@@ -258,7 +268,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2006/09/02 17:43:13 $ $Author: yavor $
+$Date: 2006/12/06 05:21:54 $ $Author: rms $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>