Oracle: “Opening Up Java EE”

https://blogs.oracle.com/theaquarium/opening-up-java-ee

by spyhi • 9 years ago

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spyhi• 9 years ago

True to their tradition, the legal disclaimer on the announcement is about half as long as the announcement itself!

john-waterwood• 9 years ago

Exciting news, can be a game changer against .NET Core being MIT licensed...

henk532• 9 years ago

This has the ability to have a huge impact on the industry, depending on how the transition goes and under which processes things are being governed.

Java EE is somewhat different from .NET in that it involves multiple vendors cooperating.

karianna• 9 years ago

I sit on the standards body for Java EE which will be involved in helping make this step - would love to hear opinions on what foundation and licensing they'd like to see this under (and why).

Some Java EE specs are already at Eclipse (long standing historical reasons), so there is a small precedent

needusername2• 9 years ago

Anything open source, non-GPL is fine. It's important to have the TCKs open source too. We can't continue with this circus that Tomcat and Payara do not get a TCK and can't call themselves JavaEE compliant.

henk532• 9 years ago

I'd have a small preference for Eclipse, mainly because some specs are already there (like EclipseLink).

Apache already has their own implementation of much of Java EE (via the Geronimo project, TomEE and Tomcat, among others).

In my opinion it would be slightly confusing to have say 2 JSF implementations at Apache (Myfaces and Mojarra). Not really terrible, but my gut feeling says Eclipse would be a better home.

NuDinNou• 9 years ago

foundation: Apache

licensing: MIT

needusername2• 9 years ago

It's important to note that Oracle can't do this on their own. The IP of the specs is with the spec lead so every spec lead has to agree to a transfer of their IP.

he0001• 9 years ago

Good move Oracle! Don't f*k this up now!

didibus• 9 years ago

Can someone explain to me Java EE?

Oracle: “Opening Up Java EE”

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