Sun makes Java open-source
p2pnet.net News:- Sun Microsystems says it’s started to make its Java technology an open-source software project available for free online.
This represents one of the largest additions of computer code to the open-source community and, "marks a major shift for a company that had once fiercely protected the source code used in 3.8 billion cell phones, supercomputers, medical devices and other gadgets," says The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Sun will make nearly all of Java’s source code, excluding "small pockets of code that aren’t owned by Sun," available under the GNU General Public License, says the story.
The Sun-hosted Java.net website will provide access to Java Platform Micro Edition software for mobile phones and Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) software for desktop applications, states Silicon.com, pointing out that Sun has already open sourced its server-side Java Platform Enterprise Edition software in a project called GlassFish.
"But it is now making that same software available under the GPLv2, rather than the Sun-conceived Community Development and Distribution Licence," says the story, adding:
"In addition, Java creator Sun will continue to offer a commercial licence, a ‘dual-licence’ structure that gives other software vendors legal indemnification and official standards certification."
Also See:
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer – Sun makes Java tech. open-source project, November 12, 2006
Silicon.com – Sun to offer Java under Linux-friendly licence, November 13, 2006
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