Top java framework, Java opensource, opensource

Top Java framework, Java open source, open source


(1) check sourceforge:
The world's largest development and download repository of Open Source code and applications
For:Open Source, Development, Developers, Projects, Downloads, OSTG, VA Software, SF.net, SourceForge.

http://sourceforge.net/

(2) Free software is a matter of liberty not price.
The Free Software Foundation (FSF), established in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' rights to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free software, particularly the GNU operating system, used widely in its GNU/Linux variant.
http://www.fsf.org/


(3) News and download pointers for software at W3C
http://www.w3.org/Status

(4) Another group has started using the term open source to mean something close (but not identical) to free software. We prefer the term free software because,
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

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Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open-source community.

One of our most important activities is as a standards body, maintaining the Open Source Definition for the good of the community. The Open Source Initiative Approved License trademark and program creates a nexus of trust around which developers, users, corporations and governments can organize open-source cooperation.

http://www.opensource.org/