SUN Binary Code License

[Steve Mallett]

Newbie-esque question here:

What the heck is a SUN Binary Code License?
I went to install StarOffice & when I got to the license agreement I froze.

>From the SUN site: 
http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/5.2/faqs-general.html#36 :
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"Many believe that other Sun open initiatives, such as the Java platform, 
aren't really open, since Sun continues to control the intellectual property 
and evolution of the technology. Isn't this just another example of Sun 
disguising proprietary solutions as open technology?

Sun is changing the rules and taking office software into the dot-com age. 
Significantly, Sun announced three initiatives:

We will offer the StarOffice 5.2 binary code for free download to anyone

We will publish the StarOffice 5.2 specifications

We will offer the StarOffice source code"
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