The open source Java Binding for OpenGL (JOGL) project introduces hardware-supported 3D graphics to Java programs running on Solaris, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X platforms.

Oracle said this week it plans to transfer management of the Java EE project to an open-source foundation, such as Apache or Eclipse.

The Java Native Interface offers a complex and potentially error-prone approach to accessing native code from your Java programs. This month Jeff Friesen introduces JNA: an open source Java ...

Of course the subject of open source Java dominated. Some highlights: Q: How can sun make money with open source Java? Jonathan: Open source is not anti-business, it's pro market.

But Sun is open to adding another open-source license should the vendor not see rapid uptake of Java under GPL, Tolson said.

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Big Blue offers to work with Sun to help shepherd the programming language--Sun's most valuable software asset--through an open-source development model.

SAN FRANCISCO--Sun Microsystems' Java is now officially an open-source project--mostly. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based server and software company officially released the software at its OpenJDK ...

Sun is open sourcing its Java SE and Java ME Monday under a somewhat surprising license, GPLv2.

Sun Microsystems' announcement that it will release the Java programming language under an open-source license raises a lot of questions. In this FAQ, Java expert Richard Hoffman tackles some of ...