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Open Source And Closed Standards?

Posted by timothy on from the you-must-be-this-tall-to-enter dept.

jaaron writes "Can open source and closed standards work together? That's the question asked by Kevin Bedell in his O'Reilly weblog article. The issue springs from questions on an OSI mailing list, hinting that Sun Microsystems is looking for an open source license that would require derivatives to maintain test suite compatibility. Under such a scheme Sun could maintain control of the Java API but allow open implementations."

6 of 219 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Bah by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Darwin is in control.
    Great, now you have to add a Mac flamewar into an already flamewar-prone topic!

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    Monstar L
  2. Re:Open Source Works with Closed Standards:1 Cavea by boelthorn · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am all for updating the ANSI Common Lisp standard and naming it ANSI JavaPlus. Finally a Lisp going popular. :)

  3. dumbest idea I've ever heard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The source *is* documentation for the standards.

  4. Re:Why even bother open sourcing Java then? by R2.0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I think what Sun is really worried about is trademark dilution."

    You mean, in excess of their own trademark dilution? They've been slapping the "Java" name on everything but the toilets at HQ.

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  5. Re:Maybe a bit off topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    So now you know how us web developers feel

  6. Re:Maybe a bit off topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Look how long it has taken the USA to switch to the metric system.

    The whatric system? Your words frighten and confuse me! My primitive mind can't grasp these concepts.