On 3/5/2013 2:40 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Free as in what the FSF names code encumbered with restrictions that > prevent combining it with any other components. specifically, the Sun Java license restricted redistribution of the runtime, and it wasn't opensource at all. further, it had type-of-use restrictions, you had to agree not to run 'standard edition' (free) on mobile phones, the licensing required a specific J2ME edition for phone use which was NOT free. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast