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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/philosophy java-trap.html |
Date: |
Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:40:15 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 07/12/15 21:40:14
Modified files:
philosophy : java-trap.html
Log message:
Minor cleanup.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/java-trap.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.28&r2=1.29
Patches:
Index: java-trap.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/java-trap.html,v
retrieving revision 1.28
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -u -b -r1.28 -r1.29
--- java-trap.html 19 Jun 2007 00:03:00 -0000 1.28
+++ java-trap.html 15 Dec 2007 21:40:03 -0000 1.29
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
<p>As of December 2006, Sun is in the middle
of <a href="http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-welcomes-gpl-java.html">rereleasing
its Java platform under the GNU GPL</a>. 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
+completed, we expect that Java will no longer be a trap.
+Nonetheless, 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.</p>
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@
</p>
<p>
- Sun's implementation of Java is non-free. Blackdown is also non-free; it is
- an adaptation of Sun's proprietary code. The standard Java libraries are
+ Sun's implementation of Java is non-free. The standard Java libraries are
non-free also. We do have free implementations of Java, such as the <a
href="http://gcc.gnu.org/java/">GNU Compiler for Java</a> (GCJ) and <a
href="/software/classpath">GNU Classpath</a>, but they don't support all the
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/06/19 00:03:00 $
+$Date: 2007/12/15 21:40:03 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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