federalreverse-old

This is my old account. Now primarily at @federalreverse@feddit.org (note the .org!)

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  • The original version of Java was proprietary. Sun later open-sourced large parts of it but they kept selling a version of Java with a proprietary license. There were also random kerfuffles over the years with IBM and Red Hat who wanted to sell open-source Java into large organizations without giving a cut to Sun/Oracle.