Re: Sun's new Community Source License Agreement for Java

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From: Barry Margolin
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 00:00

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In article <7583q9$m3v@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>,
Navindra Umanee  <navindra@cs.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>> and (iii) agree to the extent Programs
>> are developed which utilize the Windows 95/98 style graphical user
>> interface or components contained therein, such applets or
>> applications may only be developed to run on a Windows 95/98 or
>> Windows NT platform.  Refer to the Java Runtime Environment Version
>> 1.2 binary code license
>
>WTF is this about?!  I can't write applications that look like
>Windbloze applications for Linux?

I suspect that Sun is concerned that Micro$oft might have a user interface
copyright on the GUI, which limits its use to running under their OS.
Which would hardly be surprising, considering that in the early days of
Windows MS licensed GUI components from Apple; they obviously consider them
licensable intellectual property.

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