Sun to finally open-source Java ?
posted by PhoneArena Team
/ Jul 05, 2006, 7:14 AM
It is expected that within the next 10 or 11 months Sun will publish the code of its Java programming language although Simon Phipps, Sun's chief open source officer, has responded that it wouldn't be happening that soon.
Sun has been criticized a lot for not making this step for so long but Phipps has pointed as one of the main reasons for not open-sourcing Java, the fact that it is a standard and Sun had a responsibility to make sure it was well-maintained.
Furthermore, many reckon that Sun is in the process of open-sourcing almost all of its software.
Source: BusinessWeek
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