ZDNet

Open source Java project wants code donations

Apache Harmony, a project which plans to create an open source implementation of Java, has called on the Java business community to donate software. Geir Magnusson, a board member at Apache Software ...
ZDNet

Open source Java heating up

Peter Yared, formerly of Sun and now CEO of ActiveGrid, posted an open letter to Sun President and COO Jonathan Schwartz regarding open sourcing Java on his blog. Here's the text: Long time no see!
CNET

Sun wrestles with open-source Java

Open-source software, best exemplified by the Linux operating system, holds the promise of fast innovation, widespread adoption and a lively developer community. But Sun, which invented and oversees ...
CNET

Sun reluctant to make Java open source

The company's top software executive calls IBM's proposal to make Java open source "weird" and says it would encourage incompatible standards. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...
Bleeping Computer

Oracle Wants to Give Java EE to the Open-Source Community

Oracle said this week it plans to transfer management of the Java EE project to an open-source foundation, such as Apache or Eclipse. The announcement came ahead of Java EE 8's release this fall when ...