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In an unexpected move, vendor decides to license open source Java under the GPL. First batch of source codes are also released.

A new survey suggests that proprietary Java application servers are losing to open source in the cloud age.

A day after Sun chief Scott McNealy says "open source is our friend," a prominent advocate of the collaborative programming philosophy calls on the company to open Java code.

Sun Microsystems finally answered long-running calls for the vendor to open-source Java, announcing last week that it will do so once it works out the logistics.

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.