Could Oracle seize Java IP by withholding TCKs for the JDK?
Oracle is an Executive Member of the JCP and they have submitted over 80 Java Specification Requests (JSRs). Even with this long-standing commitment to participation, Oracle has stated in a chorus with other vendors and participants–that the JCP process needs to become more open, transparent, and vendor-neutral. Specifically, on December 12, 2007, Oracle proposed the following: Resolution 1 (proposed by Oracle, seconded by BEA) “It is the sense of the Executive Committee that the JCP become an open independent vendor-neutral Standards Organization where all members participate on a level playing field with the following characteristics: • members fund development and management expenses • a legal entity with by-laws, governing body, membership, etc. • a new, simplified IPR Policy that permits the broadest number of implementations • stringent compatibility requirements • dedicated to promoting the Java programming model Furthermore, the EC shall put a plan in place to make such transi
