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The Apache Software Foundation concludes that that JCP is not an open
specification process - that Java specifications are proprietary technology
that must be licensed directly from the spec lead under whatever terms the
spec lead chooses
Zooming out. What are the biggest technologies being affected by this, and what are the alternatives available to the creators and developers of those technologies?
Would we end up in a situation where someone like Google would have to revamp their entire Android runtime?
As commentors have mentioned, you can't simply roll-your-own-Java without being at risk of a legal battle. Zooming out. What are the biggest technologies being affected by this, and what are the alternatives available to the creators and developers of those technologies? Would we end up in a situation where someone like Google would have to revamp their entire Android runtime?
First: Further, the project communities of the ASF, home to Apache Tomcat, Ant, Xerces, Geronimo, Velocity and nearly a 100 mainstay java components have implemented countless JSRs and serve on and contribute to many of the JCPs technical expert groups. And then: To that end, our representative has informed the JCP's Program Management Office of our resignation, effective immediately. As such, the ASF is removing all…
Not really. JSRs have never been leading the innovation in Java world: Ant, Maven, Velocity, Spring, Hibernate, Grails, Hadoop, GWT, Android, Struts, Wicket, Eclipse - none of them started as a JSR. The only JSR that matter is JavaSE and I don't see it having technical problems. JavaME is dying and Spring showed JavaEE how things should be done so they are catching up now.
For people who are unfamiliar with all the acronyms: ASF : Apache Software Foundation EC : Executive Committee EE : Enterprise Edition JCP : Java Community Process JSR : Java Specification Request JSPA : Java Specification Participation Agreement SE : Standard Edition TCK : Test Compatibility Kit
That helps, but can someone provide a babblefish translation of what this means for those of us who don't live in the Java world? Is it basically... Dear Java, We remember when you used to be cool. Now you spend all of your time drinking and hanging out with lawyers. We are leaving and taking the dog and all of the CDs with us. Love, Apache
You said you wanted to be friends, but Oracle just wants us as fans. We need more in a relationship.
Love, Apache