On 14/11/06, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
Sun Microsystems will make all the Java code they own available under the GPL: http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/ This is a very major step. IMHO we should now make Java core part of our own strategy, as it's one of the best ways to deliver interactive content (high quality animations, learning tools, etc.). There are large numbers of free applets that we can potentially use, esp. in Wikipedia and Wikiversity.
Certainly as soon as there's actually a free-software JRE (with classes) the good Java media players should be accessible from all image and media pages with just a click.
- d.