Java Open Sourced under GPL

Today is a memorable day for Java with Sun announcing that it has opened up the code of Java. The code for Hotspot VM (about 250k lines of C / C++ code) and Javac (implemened in Java) has been released under the GPL v2 license. Java is my most favorite programming language and I have always marvelled at the rich set of API's available for Java and the concepts like JVM, Interface etc. Doors being opened for a wide participation, this open source move would be a win-win for Sun and the Java Developers.