News has it that Sun has Open Sourced its implementation of Java: First, Sun Microsystems Inc. wouldn't do it. Then Sun teased us with it. Now, on Nov. 13, Sun will finally open-source its implementations of Java under the GNU GPLv2 (General Public License version 2). On Monday, Sun will release the first pieces of source code for Sun's implementation of JSE (Java Platform Standard Edition) and a buildable implementation of JME (Java Platform Micro Edition). Sun will also be making JEE (Java Platform Enterprise Edition) available under the GPLv2 license. JEE had already been available under Sun's CDDL (Common Development and Distribution License), through Project GlassFish. Sun states that this announcement represents one of the largest source code contributions under the GPL license, and also that it is the open-sourcing of one of the industry's most significant and pervasive software platforms. Full article at linux-watch.
