The 30th anniversary of Java, being celebrated this year, offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on the remarkable changes ...

Project Harmony aims to create version of Java desktop software with an open-source license--something Sun has resisted in the past.

Java’s original license, Gosling says, allowed people to use the source code internally but not redistribute. “It wasn’t ‘open’ enough for the ‘open source’ crowd,” he says.

Oracle announced a language server tool for Java developers using Visual Studio Code to provide language-specific 'smarts' in the super-popular, open source-based, cross-platform code editor.

Apache released a patch for a critical severity vulnerability in its OFBiz software. The bug is an arbitrary code execution flaw, allowing threat actors to run any code on either Windows, or Linux ...

The source code for a newer version of the Apache Web server software is of the same quality as proprietary competitors' at a similar stage of development, a new study has found. The review ...

Sun picks GPL license for Java code After years of requests and debates, Sun is ready to release Java source code under a Linux-friendly license. November 12, 2006 Second open Linux handset ...

Microsoft has contributed source code to Apache's Stonehenge project, an open source effort that collects sample implementations of applications that are built with Service Oriented Architecture ...

A look at some of the best integrated development environments (IDEs) and code editors for Java software developers. Learn more.

Developers of Apache OFBiz, an open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) framework, have released a patch for a new critical flaw that can allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary ...