Java has gained a bad reputation ... t for the life of me work out why general programming languages have ever been charged with a task other than making the coders life happier, anyway, I digress.

June 7, 2004—Contrary to published reports, Sun Microsystems has not made a decision as to whether or not to release its Java platform under an open source software license, company executives ...

More info. In a decision sure to discourage advocates of open-source and freely licensed software, a three-judge Federal Circuit panel recognized that certain parts of the Java programming ...