Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 16th May 2006 22:13 UTC, submitted by adstro
"Sun today announced that Java Platform, Standard Edition 5 is now available for redistribution by GNU/Linux and OpenSolaris operating system distributors under the new Operating System Distributor's License for Java (also known as the 'Distro License for Java' or DLJ). Developed in consultation with, and for use by, the various GNU/Linux communities, the new license allows distributors to ship Sun's Java SE 5.0 Java Development Kit and Java Runtime Environment as installable packages for their operating systems." At the same time, Sun also promised to open-source Java.
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2005-07-06
here you go, in the freebsd foundation site.
The FreeBSD Foundation
Profit & Loss
January through March 2006
Professional Fees
Consulting (Java binaries for 5.4 and 6.0 Project) 27,050.00
That doesn't say that they paid the money to SUN, which you implied earlier. They didn't pay for Java, they paid for consultation fees (likely legal ones). I'm not sure I see the connection.