Door to Java source code opens a crack wider "Project Peabody" adds two licenses that make it easier for outsiders to see the code. But Sun stops short of embracing open source.

Red Hat has released a new extension for its popular Visual Studio Code for Java source code editor--Language Support for Java by Red Hat--now available on the VS Code Marketplace.

Open source licenses Each of the open source Java projects covered in this series is subject to a license, which you should understand before integrating the project with your own projects.