Patrick Curran, chair of the JCP program at Sun, told eWEEK that the open-source wave that has changed the software industry is having no less of an effect on the JCP. Curran spoke with eWEEK at the JavaOne conference here.

"Open source and the effect it's having on the software industry is having a similar effect on the JCP, and we are likely to make changes in the process based on that," Curran said. "We like open source and the great benefits it has brought to the industry."

Yet with the changes in licensing and community development models afforded by open source, "we see increased pressure for openness and transparency to ensure that work is done in a publicly-viewable manner," he said.

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