Open Source Java Interview Special (GPL v2!)

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We were lucky enough to get to talk to Mark Reinhold, Rich Sands and Eric Chu from Sun who took time out of their extremely busy schedule to talk with us all about the open source Java announcement (Java has been released under GPL v2 - the rumors were all true!). If you have questions about what it all means, you may just find the answers in this podcast, developer to developer.

• Mark Reinhold is the chief engineer for Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE)

• Blog: http://blogs.sun.com/mr/

• Rich Sands is the community marketing manager for Java Platform Standard Edition

• Blog: http://blogs.sun.com/rsands/

• Eric Chu is the senior director of the Client Systems Group and head of its Java ME initiatives

• Bio: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/bios/bios-chu.html

• Java Open Sourced:

• http://www.sun.com/opensource/java

• The GPL was added on glassfish too:

• http://glassfish.dev.java.net

• News article roundup:

• http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=26597
• http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/index.php?p=199

• http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35691

• Check Java.net for more news throughout the day and as it develops:

• http://java.net

Thanks Special thanks to Sun's Jacki Decoster without whom this episode would not have been possible.

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