When the Sun goes down - what happens to the OpenJDK?

[Andrew Haley]

Volker Simonis wrote:

> Probably nobody will be able to answer these questions now and exactly
> therefore I think that it is crucial for the future of the OpenJDK to
> base the project on a more solid ground.

Indeed.  It shows that more effort should have been made to do this,
but people at Sun have been very busy and there have been layoffs.
Even so, the work to fix the governance issue really should have been
done.  It's still not too late.

> One of the most important aspects in my opinion is to somehow grant 
> OpenJDK implementers a permanent and irrevocable right to use current
> AND future TCKs in  order to certify their OpenJDK implementations as
> "Java compatible"!

A nice idea, but I doubt that'll happen.  As we know, TCK access has
always been Sun's most jealously guarded prize.

Andrew.