Oracle responds to Apache Java defiance

From InfoWorld: Seemingly anxious to get the next version of the Java programming language ratified, Oracle has asked the Apache Software Foundation to reconsider its stance on the proposed Java Standard Edition 7.

"We would encourage Apache to reconsider their position and work together with Oracle and the community at large to collectively move Java forward," wrote Don Deutsch, Oracle vice president of standards and architecture, in a statement posted Monday on an Oracle blog site.

Last week in a statement, the ASF board encouraged other Executive Community members of the JCP (Java Community Process) to vote against the proposed Java 7 Java Specification Request.

The ASF maintains that Oracle has put restrictions on a Java TCK (Technology Compatibility Kit) used to test Apache Harmony, Apache's open source implementation of Java SE. The FOU (Field of Use) restriction violates the terms of the original agreement, called the JSPA (Java Specification Participation Agreement), ASF said.

"Oracle is attempting to place the FOU restrictions on Apache Harmony via the TCK license, which is unacceptable to us because it would mean that we couldn't distribute Apache Harmony under an open source license," explained Geir Magnusson Jr., an ASF board member, in an e-mail to IDG last week.

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