What open-source Java proponents are primarily after is not Java source code but greater licensing freedom for making use of the code. The promise of access to Sun's Java Virtual Machine (JVM ...

In this installment of the Open source Java projects series I introduce Storm. We’ll start with an overview of Storm’s architecture and use case scenarios. Then I’ll walk through a ...

Author, professor charges Oracle has twisted open development process to its own ends. A developer Java gurus call a Java Guru has resigned from Java’s governing body because, he said in a ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Prominent open source software groups are warning that a recent incident where disguised hackers tried to sneak a vulnerability into ...

Open-source Java has long been an important part of the Java ecosystem, but over the past few years more and more companies are moving from commercial distributions to open-source ones.

The agreement allows Red Hat to develop an officially compatible open-source Java Development Kit for its Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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: ...