According to the SUN’s chief open source officer, Simon Phipps, they plan to release the source code of its Java Micro Edition (J2ME) implementation before the end of the year. J2ME provides an
assortment of APIs for developing small-screen applications on embedded devices like PDAs and cell phones. Nonetheless, Sun's decision to make Java SE open source won't make any difference to the majority of Java programmers.
Sun's announcement that it would make Java SE open source comes after a long build-up with lots of hints by senior executives that the move was in the pipeline. Sun has faced criticism in the past for not opening Java up fast enough, but much of the delay in opening up the code has been due to legal work by Sun to ensure it had the rights to do so, according to the company.
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