Sun's decision to make Java SE open source won't make any difference to the majority of Java programmers, according to the company's chief open source officer. Simon Phipps, speaking at a ...

Sun Microsystems' decision to make Java SE open source won't make any difference to the majority of Java programmers, according to the company's chief open-source officer. Simon Phipps, speaking ...

Frankly Speaking: While Sun hasn't truly released Java as open-source code, it will reap most of the benefits that come with open-source projects.

Rumours have been swirling lately about what licence Sun will choose for open source Java. One thing's clear to me--it won't be GPLv3. I know Jonathan Schwartz says that "using a GPL licence is ...