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Sun to make Java more Linux-friendly

Martin LaMonica CNET News.com

Published: 05 May 2006 09:50 BST

Sun Microsystems plans to alter its licensing to make it easier to bundle Java Runtime Environment with Linux.

The company will announce the changes and possibly one other open-source move at the JavaOne conference later this month, Sun executives said during a press teleconference on Thursday.

Laurie Tolson, a vice president in the Java platform group, said that Sun, which licenses Java to other software companies, has modified the terms to be more favourable to open-source operating systems, specifically Linux and OpenSolaris.

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