"Project Peabody" adds two licenses that make it easier for outsiders to see the code. But Sun stops short of embracing open source.

Releasing the source code of the Looking Glass interface and the prefabricated Java 3D software it uses should indeed arouse attention from developers and software companies, said John Loiacono ...

Open source licenses Each of the open source Java projects covered in this series is subject to a license, which you should understand before integrating the project with your own projects.

The entire source code for the first Far Cry game has been leaked on the site Internet Archive and has been shared around social media platforms.

If you’ve been curious about GitHub then this short tutorial in the Open source Java projects series is for you. Get an overview of the source code repository that has changed the way that many ...

Google's trying to make that job a little easier, introducing a new tool that automatically converts Java source code into Objective-C, which is used in iPad and iPhone apps.

The Java Development Kit (JDK) is a development environment for building Java applications and applets that can then run on any Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The JDK includes a variety of development ...

With Java running critical applications the world over, the nearly 25-year-old programming language must balance its community’s affection for its syntax with new trends.

Sun Microsystems wants to send Java closer to the open-source world, yet keep it safe from harm. It will modify its licenses to make access to the Java source code easier, the Santa Clara, Calif ...