Darryl Mocek's Blog: Java Is Now Open Source

Posted by darryl_m on November 17, 2006 at 09:48 AM | Comments (2)

No doubt you've heard the news by now (Actually, this news is old by now. This blog was supposed to go out the same day we announced the open sourcing of Java, but, as you can expect, things have been really busy around here and there's been a backlog getting Sun employees setup on java.net...so here's my "Java's Open Source" blog entry anyway), Java has been open sourced under the GPL v2 license. Not just Java SE, but Java ME and Java EE as well.

I work on the Java ME code, particularly CDC stack, the Connected Device Configuration. This is the stack which is designed to run on set-top boxes, PDA's, smart phones, and the like.

If you're interested in looking at the code, you can find it by going to http://mobileandembedded.org (This redirects you to the Mobile & Embedded community on java.net. You'll need to register with java.net first.), selecting 'phoneME' under the Projects section on the left side of the screen, and either downloading the code by selecting 'Download' on the right side of the screen and downloading the 'phoneme_advanced-mr1-rel-src-b06-10_nov_2006.zip' file, or browse the code online by selecting the 'Browse' link on the right side of the screen, and traversing to components, cdc, trunk. This is the root of the CDC code.

Have fun checking out the code.

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Hi Darryl,
What different devices is it now possible to install phoneme_advanced (JavaME/CDC) on and in the future?
I thought what device should I buy to be able to install phoneme_advanced on?
(I already have a savaJe phone, Nokia E61, Nokia3230, ipaq hw6900 and Palm Tungsten T, but I suppose I can't install phoneme_advanced on these devices.)
Regards,
Ove

Posted by: ovjo122 on November 21, 2006 at 02:35 AM

Currently you can build on linux/x86/SuSE, linux/MIPS, and linux/ARM/Zaurus. As for other platforms, it requires more work to support them. How much work depends upon how close it is to the current buildable platforms.

Posted by: darryl_m on November 27, 2006 at 01:20 PM

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