Tardou mas não falhou. A Sun ouviu a patotada (incl. IBM) e deu uma carta de alforria para o Java (ME, SE e EE) na forma de lincenças GPL.

Com a palavra Rich Green, VP de Software:

This is a milestone for the whole industry. Not only are we making an influential and widely used software platform for the Web available under an open-source license, it also underscores Sun's commitment to changing the whole industry model for how software is enhanced and developed.