Classic Sun.

Maybe Sun should bid against Oracle and SAP for Retek and take people's eyes off Java for a bit ;-)

Java Research Licence, Java Distribution License, Java Internal Use License...smoke and mirrors or the real thing? How long are they, where can we find them to check them out, and when?

Wasn't James Gosling supposed to speak on this topic, how come Graham Hamilton took over?

Java + OSS commented on 18 March 2005:
Kim Polese, now CEO of SpikeSource, has written (http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=48533&DE=1): Java's success derives from principles that are central to the growth of open source software

Thanks for that link.

So will the SCSL go away for J2EE too soon?

Sun spent $863 million on research and development through the first half of its 2005 fiscal year and McNealy said the company's investments were "paying off with heightened interest from existing customers and attention from new customers." (Feb. 2, 2005)

}}} Kim Polese: Java's success derives from principles that are central to the growth of open source software {{{

Maybe so, but do these 3 new more-open-but-not-quite-open licenses adhere to those same principles, or merely muddy the waters?

Kim Polese, now CEO of SpikeSource, has written (http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=48533&DE=1): Java's success derives from principles that are central to the growth of open source software

1.6 "mustang" will be named java 6.0, for whatever reason.

i just assume they will never go to 2.x, but continue on with 1.x up until forever.

the whole "java 2.0", "java 5.0" is stupid to begin with.

I could have swore I read this article (Sun planning on opening Java) - in 1989?

See this article for some inside info on the naming (http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=48538&DE=1).