Sun's Open Source Java Move: Simply Beautiful

Posted by dcparris on Nov 28, 2006 3:14 PM EDT
TechNewsWorld; By Frank Hayes
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Anyone knowing its history would have expected Sun to open-source Java on Sun's own terms -- say, with a CDDL license, some kind of specialized terms for use, maybe a few intellectual property strings still attached. Amazingly, Sun didn't do any of that. The Java open source license is identical to the Linux license. No specialized terms. No strings. Sun actually did keep it simple.

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