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Okay, on less exciting new – Java is finally fully open and free and without any proprietary code.

This week the IcedTea Project reached an important milestone – The latest OpenJDK binary included in Fedora 9 (x86 and x86_64) passes the rigorous Java Test Compatibility Kit (TCK). This means that it provides all the required Java APIs and behaves like any other Java SE 6 implementation – in keeping with the portability goal of the Java platform. As of writing, Fedora 9 is the only operating system to include a free and open Java SE 6 implementation that has passed the Java TCK.

More at SoftWhere

Wow that took them really long, since 2006 they’ve been talking about this.

Possibly related:

1. Android is now open source
2. Bleh… Symbian going opensource
3. Oracle trying to make money with Java
4. How many Javas in just one screenshot?

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