“As Open Source begins working its way into the field of vision
of most developers, it’s only natural that open open [sic]
source projects spring up in almost every programming language
imaginable. One language getting quite a bit of attention in the
open source world is Java. This might come as a surprise to those
who know that Java’s originator, Sun Microsystems, has been a firm
holdout on open sourcing many of its products. Sun licensed its own
Java compiler and runtime under a ‘Community Source License’ that
drew fire from the open source community for not being Open Source
compliant.“There are actually some practical reasons, however, why
developers are turning to Java for their open source projects and
are reaping the benefits. This article provides a roadmap to major
open source projects that involve Java and the different flavors of
Java designed by its originator, Sun Microsystems…”
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