Sun Microsystems wants to send Java closer to the open-source world, yet keep it safe from harm. It will modify its licenses to make access to the Java source code easier, the Santa Clara, ...

It will modify its licenses to make access to the Java source code easier, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said Wednesday. But it stopped short of creating an open-source license–something it ...

Anyone looking for Sun Microsystems to relinquish control of Java to the open source community or to join the Eclipse Foundation is likely to be disappointed, based on Java guru James Gosling’s ...

Lightwell, the open-source security initiative set up by IBM and Red Hat, has identified more than 400 previously ...

Hoping to increase usage of the programming language, Sun said Monday that it would be using the GNU General Public License (GPL) to open source the Java platform. Beginning today, source code would ...

That old Java icon had a much bigger résumé than I gave it credit for.

IBM and Red Hat announced today they have identified and remediated more than 400 previously unknown vulnerabilities across ...

Simon Phipps, speaking at a briefing in London on Tuesday, told Builder UK that he’s long held the belief that coders working with Java don’t care whether the source code is available for their ...