> but they've taken the time to systematically open source Most of that is so they could wash their hands from the maintenance burden. > finally the crown jew

> but they've taken the time to systematically open source Most of that is so they could wash their hands from the maintenance burden. > finally the crown jewel the TCK Can you give me more info here? I heard about EE, but I was not aware the full Java TCK (i.e. the one denied to Apache Harmony) is completely open now. > I sincerely can't imagine what more you could want from a corporate steward Simple, don't try to profit from the language itself. Imagine a commercial Go version, or imagine if some AOT parts of the .Net compiler were part of an enterprise edition, or imagine if a test suite for WASM compliance were selectively given only to some, etc.