The Apache Software Foundation is usually a nice, quiet organization that supports the development of quite a lot of open source software. Unlike the Free Software Foundation, it doesn't usually get political or controversial. But the ASF is calling Oracle out over its handling of the Java Community Process (JCP). The politics of Java are complex, but in a nutshell the problem is this: Apache has been trying to get access to the Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) to demonstrate that Apache Harmony is compatible with Java to get the grant of "necessary IP" — patents in this case — that need be granted to allow a worry free implementation of Java. Note the whole lawsuit against Google? http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/68395