Z:gnu-www-ja-gpl-2.0-faq--32fff3-That doesn't mean it is a good/en

That doesn't mean it is a good idea to write the program so that it only runs on Windows. Doing so results in a program that is free software but &ldquo;trapped&rdquo; (in this case, trapped by Windows instead of by Java, but the effect is the same). (Historical note: As of December 2006 Sun is in the middle of rereleasing its Java platform under GNU GPL.)