Comments on: Java SDK open-source: a blessing or a dreadfull mistake… http://blog.leenarts.net/2006/11/18/java-sdk-open-source-a-blessing-or-a-dreadfull-mistake/ Macs, Java, software development, IT related books and things I do for a living. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:50:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Peter Hendriks http://blog.leenarts.net/2006/11/18/java-sdk-open-source-a-blessing-or-a-dreadfull-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-1927 Peter Hendriks Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:54:15 +0000 http://blog.leenarts.net/2006/11/18/java-sdk-open-source-a-blessing-or-a-dreadfull-mistake/#comment-1927 The complete JDK effort will become open source, not just JDK 8. The existing JDK6 and 7 effort will be merged into the OpenJDK project. Of course this is a big step as a lot of people are still working on these projects, so this migration takes some additional time. Until then, the existing projects still remain under JRL. See the announcement on the OpenJDK front page. Sun chose to start the OpenJDK project with stuff that was not available under the JRL before. The compiler and run-time code is now disclosed, and that's definitely new. The complete JDK effort will become open source, not just JDK 8. The existing JDK6 and 7 effort will be merged into the OpenJDK project. Of course this is a big step as a lot of people are still working on these projects, so this migration takes some additional time. Until then, the existing projects still remain under JRL. See the announcement on the OpenJDK front page.

Sun chose to start the OpenJDK project with stuff that was not available under the JRL before. The compiler and run-time code is now disclosed, and that’s definitely new.

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