Sun today announced that Java SE, Java ME, and Glassfish are being open source under the GNU General Public License version two (GPLv2) with Sun today releasing an early build of the Java SE 7 ...

Sun may add another open-source license if there is not a rapid uptake of Java under GPL It’s no surprise that Sun Microsystems is making its core Java platform freely available; what is ...

Sun is open sourcing its Java SE and Java ME Monday under a somewhat surprising license, GPLv2.

It’s no surprise that Sun Microsystems is making its core Java platform freely available. What is somewhat unexpected is the vendor’s choice of open-source license. In all the open sourcing of ...

It's no surprise that Sun is making its core Java platform freely available; what is somewhat unexpected is the vendor's choice of open source license.

Thursday, Oracle filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google, accusing the search giant of infringing on patented Java technologies in its Linux-based Android mobile operating system. Even ...

Since that announcement, a handful of open source solutions have emerged that allow developers to write iOS applications in Java. I briefly introduce five of those tools in this article: ...

IBM has sent an open letter to Sun Microsystems, urging the company to make Java technology open source, CNET News.com learned late Wednesday. In a letter sent by Rod Smith, IBM's vice president ...

The Eclipse Foundation has announced the release of the Jakarta EE 8, the first truly open-source, vendor-neutral version of Java Enterprise Edition.

What is the purpose of a Java compiler? The main purpose of a Java compiler (or a compiler in any programming language) is to translate the high-level Java source code into a machine code file ...