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It's final. OpenSolaris will NOT be dual licensed under the GPLv3, for now. The OGB have announced all efforts have been shelved and will not be considered again until at least 6 months AFTER the GPLv3 has been published and approved.  Continue reading ►

I don't believe the link was active until the official announcement at 9:30am PST, but it is now. Java.net is the principal site for the Java open source community and the OpenJDK. You can download an early build of the Java SE 7 HotSpot JVM, the javac compiler, and JavaHelp in the new OpenJDK project. These are the first parts of the Java to be open sourced. Like OpenSolaris, the rest will be released over time.  Continue reading ►

After a lot speculation and demands from the public, today Sun Microsystems will announce the release of ALL of the key Java implementations - Java Standard Edition (J2SE: traditionally run on desktops), Java Micro Edition (J2ME: traditionally run on phones and embedded devices) and Java Enterprise Edition (J2EE: traditionally run in business infrastructure) - using the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License (GPLv2), the license at the centre of the GNU/Linux community.  Continue reading ►