Oracle has moved to further open up the enterprise Java platform by transitioning Java EE to the Eclipse Foundation. Within a month of beginning to talk about further open-sourcing Java, Oracle has ...

Oracle confirms it's spinning Java EE to an open-source foundation with IBM and Red Hat's support. Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor Sept. 12, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. PT ...

Oracle acquired the Java platform when it bought Sun Microsystems. The not-for-profit foundation was started last year by Advanced Micro Devices, Qualcomm, ARM Holdings and other companies.

"We believe that moving Java EE technologies to an open source foundation may be the right next step, in order to adopt more agile processes, implement more flexible licensing, and change the ...