JCP talks open source at Toronto meeting

by Allison Taylor

July 29, 2004 —

At its first ever meeting in Toronto, members of the governing body of the Java Community Process (JCP) had what it called a series of face-to-face meetings this week to discuss such things as the future of Java and the pace and complexity of development. Also on the agenda: examining ways that open source development in Java can continue without being inhibited by the JCP.

The JCP, which is an open organization that holds the responsibility for the development of Java, usually tries to dispel with the teleconferences and never-ending phone calls among executives and meets in person every three or four months.

Under a committee that will be established by executive committee member Geir Magnusson, vice-president, Apache Software Foundation, the JCP will seek to define questions around whether or not Java Specification Requests (JSRs) -- which are the actual descriptions of proposed and final specifications for the Java platform that move through various review and approval processes -- allows the use of open source licenses.

At a session with the media after two days of meetings at Research in Motion Ltd., Onno Kluyt, director of the JCP Program Management Office, said the JCP doesn

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