Sun Microsystems is to open-source the last closed-source parts of Java, a move that should make it possible to fully integrate the software into Linux distributions.
Read more »Java fully open-sourced 'by end of year'
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Sun wants to free up the rest of Java, have it ship with Linux
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Sun says it is looking to open source a few remaining Java components so it can ship unencumbered with Linux, and hopefully encourage more Linux developers to use Java.
Read more »Sun to Dangle Prize Money Over Open-Source Efforts
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Sun Microsystems will soon unveil a cash prize program for a number of open-source communities.
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Red Hat signs on to Sun's open-source Java project
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Red Hat has signed on to participate in Sun Microsystems' open-source Java Standard Edition (SE) project, OpenJDK, and to coordinate its own Java development efforts for Linux with the project.
Read more »GNU Project Releases Latest Version of GNU Classpath
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"The GNU Project has released version 0.96(.1) of GNU Classpath, an incomplete free implementation of the core Java class libraries..."
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Sun shines as open source pays off
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SUN paid a high price for positioning itself as the technology candyman to all those dotcom darlings consumed in the crash.
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After criticism, Sun fixes Java flaw
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Just days after a security researcher blasted its Java patching system, Sun Microsystems has issued a critical update to the consumer version of its Java software.
Read more »Hybrids Combine GNU Classpath and OpenJDK
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The first GNU Classpath/Sun Java hybrids have begun to appear. The hybrids combine GNU Classpath with Java code that Sun has recently released under the GPL either to improve an existing project or to further the goal of having a completely Free JDK. First IKVM made a snapshot available, thus allowing parts of the OpenJDK class libraries to be used on Mono and .NET.
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