Apache Harmony Requests JCK1 Comment

Big news in the open Java community. Apache Harmony has requested in an open letter that Sun allow it to use the JCK freely.

I’m not sure what Sun will do here. If it does change the license to allow this, does that mean IBM will stop having to pay for it? It seems unlikely Sun will change the commercial license.

The JCK allows 3rd party Java/JVM distributors to test for compliance and claim compatibility with Sun Java. If you cannot pass the JCK, you cannot claim to be a true Java implementation.

One Response to “Apache Harmony Requests JCK”

  1. Thomas says:
    April 12th, 2007 at 4:41 am

    Wow, that could save IBM a bundle sir. Thanks for the update.

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