There is some perception that Java’s momentum has stalled, at least in part, and it is likely that Sun hopes releasing Java under open source will result in a resurgence of enthusiasm among ...

Java’s original license, Gosling says, allowed people to use the source code internally but not redistribute. “It wasn’t ‘open’ enough for the ‘open source’ crowd,” he says.

The company is eager to build closer ties to open-source developers. Sun last month submitted some of its Java software--an experimental user interface design called Looking Glass --to open source.

The debate inside Sun over whether to take Java open source is coming to a head as the JavaOne conference looms May 15. One of new Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz's first chores will be to ...

A day after Sun chief Scott McNealy says "open source is our friend," a prominent advocate of the collaborative programming philosophy calls on the company to open Java code. Stephen Shankland ...

Sun intends to open source three main components of, respectively, Java SE and Java ME, Ulander said. For Java SE, the pieces are Java Compiler, JavaHelp and the Java HotSpot virtual machine.

Author, professor charges Oracle has twisted open development process to its own ends. A developer Java gurus call a Java Guru has resigned from Java’s governing body because, he said in a ...

In an unexpected move, vendor decides to license open source Java under the GPL. First batch of source codes are also released. Written by Eileen Yu, Senior Contributing Editor on Nov. 12, 2006 ...

Sun Microsystems open-sourced its Java technology a year go, in November 2006. Rich Sands, community marketing manager for Java Platform Standard Edition for Sun, sat down with eWEEK Senior Editor ...

Sun will also be adding the GPLv2 to its server platform Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE), already an open source offering under Project GlassFish, in the first quarter of 2007.