Sun's newly announced Open Source Community Innovation Awards Program will recognize some of the most interesting initiatives within Sun-sponsored open source communities with prizes totaling approximately $1 million (USD) a year.

Plans are to have more specific program details announced on January 14th, so developers can learn how they can participate in individual contest programs within the following six selected open source communities:

• GlassFish: Sun's implementation of the Java EE 5 application server

• NetBeans: Develops the NetBeans IDE (a full featured IDE with support for Java, C/C++, JavaScript and Ruby language) and the NetBeans platform (a generic desktop application that provides window management, menus, settings and storage, an update manager, and file access)

• OpenJDK: Sun's implementation of the Java SE specification

• OpenOffice.org: The a multiplatform and multilingual office suite that uses the ODF as its native file format and fully supports other common file formats (including Microsoft Office)

• OpenSolaris: Open source project built around the Sun's Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS)

• OpenSPARC: This project fosters the creation of tools and derivative chip designs based on Sun's UltraSPARC T1 CMT processors

Each of these communities will be in charge of its own contest rules and judging criteria with winners and prizes announced in August 2008.

"This is a great opportunity for members of these open source communities to take their passion and creativity and push the innovation boundaries - and get paid in the process," writes Simon Phipps, chief open source officer, Sun.

With 2008 representing year one of this multi-year awards program, Sun selected these six initial participating communities. How other open source communities can participate in the future has yet to be defined.

"Developer communities are at the heart of tech industry innovation and are Sun's lifeblood," said Jonathan Schwartz, CEO and president of Sun. "Every software product at Sun -- literally billions of dollars in assets -- is going free and open source, and fueling the communities and innovation around these technologies is our top priority. I can't wait to see the creativity, passion, and vibrancy of the program's participants."

Contest updates and major developments will be posted on the program\'s official website.

More information on Sun\'s free and open source philosophy and projects is available from the Sun site. [...read more...]

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