“Few were surprised when Sun Microsystems finally opted to
publish the code to its widely used Web programming language, Java.
Sun executives had dropped hints for months that they would make
Java freely open to developers, who in turn would be able to tailor
and improve the code, used for creating Web-based programs for use
on all manner of computer hardware.“What caught some off guard, however, was how Sun would do it.
Specifically, Java will be freely available under what’s called the
general public license (GPL), which also governs the distribution
of the Linux open-source operating system…”
BusinessWeek: Sun’s Surprising Openness
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