The Eclipse Foundation has announced the release of the Jakarta EE 8, the first truly open-source, vendor-neutral version of Java Enterprise Edition.

The open-source RIFE framework offers Java developers flexibility with its support for metaprogramming, AJAX and common development environments.

SAN FRANCISCO--Sun Microsystems is grappling with applying an open-source philosophy to its Java software as the company weighs risks and benefits over whether it should jump in further or not ...

Advocates have plenty of reasons to champion an open Java; several, including IBM and Eric Raymond, an open-source luminary, called on Sun earlier this year to open Java.

Ten years on, Java founder James Gosling sees upside in the open source move, while others believe Sun didn't go far enough Ten years later, the open-sourcing of Java remains a point of contention ...

Project Harmony aims to create version of Java desktop software with an open-source license--something Sun has resisted in the past.

IBM on Monday urged Sun Microsystems to participate in existing open-source Java projects at the Apache Foundation rather than start new ones. Java creator Sun on Monday announced that it is ...

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

Yes, the source code for Java has been available for years via the SCSL and JRL license programs, but a true open source release would make it possible for developers to innovate more freely with ...