Oh, by the way, anyone could look, use, and, yes, copy Java’s code too. You see, Sun had open-sourced Java under the GPLv2 in November 2006. Sun wanted Google and anyone else to use and copy its ...

Organizations that were otherwise competitors, were now collaborators. Major Java EE developments And as the IT industry has evolved, Java EE has played a major role in enterprise application ...

Oh, by the way, anyone could look, use, and, yes, copy Java's code too. You see, Sun had open-sourced Java under the GPLv2 in November 2006. Sun wanted Google and anyone else to use and copy its code.

Brian Goetz keynotes on Java’s history, evolution and its future, how it is going to meet the needs of today’s programming.

And, while Java creator James Gosling has said the patent suits are not in Sun's DNA, Sun did successfully sue Microsoft twice, once for a $20 million settlement involving infringing on Java ...