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Open-source Java: Not whether, but how

Jonathan Schwartz: “The question is not whether we will open-source Java, the question is how.”

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Dalibor Topic says:

May 16, 2006 at 1:58pm

That’s the same Jonathan Schwartz who ‘open sourced’ Java3D at JavaOne two years ago with huge PR noise. What came out of it was that Sun’s proprietary Java3D implementation stayed proprietary, and it was a bunch of code demonstrating the usage of Java3D that was released under an BSD+ license, that restricts fields of endeavour.

Judging by Sun’s past performance, it’s just more PR noise without actually meaning it.

cheers,
dalibor topic
Stuart Ballard says:

May 16, 2006 at 2:08pm

First of all yeah, what Dalibor said.

But also I’d have to point out that even if hell freezes over and Sun *does* start using the same definition of Open Source as the rest of the world, Schwartz’s statement is *still* meaningless and pointless. The question is neither whether *nor* how, it’s WHEN?
Ian Murdock says:

May 17, 2006 at 5:26am

Uh, in case you haven’t noticed, they’ve open sourced just about all of their software by now, so this is a bit more than PR noise without actually meaning it.
Ian Murdock says:

May 17, 2006 at 6:31am

I do agree that “when” is a question that should be answered though.