Sun Microsystems on Thursday is announcing availability of OpenJDK Community Technology Compatibility Kit License, providing access to compatibility tests for open-source Java implementations. The ...

Sun is making its own version of Java open-source software, but its Java Compatibility Kit remains closed.

This license is for the Java Compatibility Kit (JCK). The JCK is the Technology Compatibility Kit, a suite of tests, tools and documentation that determines whether or not an implementation ...

Any of the large licensees with the market power to distribute their own version of Java could break Java compatibility, intentionally or unintentionally, so the community must remain vigilant.

SAP's NetWeaver has achieved compatibility with Java Enterprise Edition 5, enabling users to execute Java applications on the NetWeaver Application Server. The compatibility feature offers ...

Oracle doesn't plan to make the key Java compatibility test suite available under licensing terms that are appropriate for Apache's Harmony project. IBM has responded by shifting its focus away ...

The Oracle Compatibility Testing Scholarship Program helps to ensure that the Technology Compatibility Kits (TCK) for Oracle's Java technology specifications, including support services, are ...

Commercial Java adopters who favor permissive licensing were supportive of Harmony, but were unable to compel Sun to provide access to the compatibility tests under appropriate licensing terms.

17 March 2004 Sun Microsystems has rejected IBM's call to open source its Java technology, dismissing the request as "kind of weird".