no surprise - Sun fails to open source the crypto part of Java

[Ian G]

Does anyone know what Sun failed to opensource in the crypto 
part of Java?

http://news.com.com/Open-source+Java-except+for+the+exceptions/2100-7344_3-6182416.html

They also involve some elements of sound and cryptography, 
said Tom Marble, Sun's OpenJDK ambassador. "We have already 
contacted the copyright holders. We were unable to negotiate 
release under an open-source license," Marble said.

To sidestep the issue, Sun for now includes the proprietary 
software as prebuilt "binary" modules that programmers can 
attach to the versions of Java built from source code.

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