Sun Microsystems will unveil several major open-source initiatives during its annual JavaOne conference May 16-19, following moves in recent years toward open-sourcing its Solaris OS and multicore UltraSPARC T1 CPU. New initiatives include a Linux-friendl

Sun Microsystems will unveil several major open-source initiatives during its annual JavaOne conference May 16-19, following moves in recent years toward open-sourcing its Solaris OS and multicore UltraSPARC T1 CPU. New initiatives include a Linux-friendly Java license aimed at community distributions, and formal relationships with the Ubuntu and Debian projects.

At its annual Java love-in in San Francisco, Sun will debut the Distributor License for Java (DLJ), according to sources within Sun who requested anonymity. In addition, Sun will announce new reciprocal agreements with the Ubuntu and Debian Linux projects, and possibly other community Linux projects, to distribute the JDK (Java Development Kit) virtually unencumbered with their distributions. Sun's new CEO, Jonathan Schwartz, will introduce the new Linux partners during his JavaOne keynote talk on May 16, the sources said.

As part of the licensing deals with the Debian and Debian-based Ubuntu projects, Sun will include both Linux distributions as choices within its enterprise catalog. It also will work closely with Ubuntu's UK-based parent company, Canonical, which, in turn, will provide service and support for the distribution as it runs on Sun hardware, the sources added.

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