Java is to become open sourced under the GNU GPLv2 license, the license favored by the Linux community. The open sourcing has already begun with the release of the JSE (Java Standard Edition) and JME ...

Linux developer Red Hat is aligning with Sun Microsystems on open-source Java development, announcing Monday that it has signed Sun's OpenJDK license agreement and will contribute to the open Java ...

In November 2006, Sun Microsystems began making all of its Java technology implementations open source, offering them under the GPL. More than two years later, reactions are mixed as to what exactly ...