On 14/11/06, Erik Moeller <erik(a)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.