Status of Java in FreeBSD? (OpenSolaris is dead)

[nux at li.nux.ro]

Antonio Vieiro writes:

> Hi all,
> 
> Now that OpenSolaris is dead [1] I was wondering what the status of Java 
> is in FreeBSD.

But there is hope: 
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Illumos-launched-as-OpenSolaris-deriv 
ative-1050151.html

> 
> I'm currently using OpenJDK16 from ports. Is OpenJDK free from Oracle 
> hands or not? Would it be possible it dissappearing from the ports 
> because of licensing/patent issues? If so, what are the open-source 
> alternatives?
> 
> Thanks,
> Antonio
> 
> [1] http://sstallion.blogspot.com/2010/08/opensolaris-is-dead.html
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