Re: New java update?

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On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 4:21 PM, John R. Dennison <jrd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I'm talking about all those years when Sun's baby was pretty good and
>> "free as in beer" but not good/free enough for Red Hat to bless with
>> an installer that actually worked so we got the broken gcj instead and
>> made everybody hate java because it didn't work.   Now the real thing
>> is free enough, but so far I don't see the improvement that we were
>> supposed to be waiting for...
>
> "free enough"?  Is that like "close" in horseshoes and hand grenades?

Free as in what the FSF names code encumbered with restrictions that
prevent combining it with any other components.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
      lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
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