Episode 91: Brazil JavaMan Souza on Open Source and the history of Java

Guest Bruno Souza Panelists Richard Littauer | Justin Dorfman Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. If you’re looking to learn more about Java, this is the episode you really need to listen to. Today, our guest is Bruno Souza, a Brazillian Java programmer and a member of the OSI. Bruno is the Founder of SouJava, a Brazillian Java User Group which became the world’s largest, he was involved with some of the earliest JVM’s, and has been very influential not only in Brazil, but in the Java open source works at large. Bruno goes in depth on how he got involved in open source, getting involved in the OSI, and in Java. We also learn more about what Kotlin means for the community, how OpenJDK was extremely important for Java, and how Oracle really embraced the idea of OpenJDK. You will soon understand why Bruno is known as the “Brazilian JavaMan.” Go ahead and download this episode now to find out more! [00:01:44] Bruno explains how he got involved in open source and how long he’s been a developer. [00:03:46] We learn how Bruno got involved in the OSI early on and how he got involved in Java. [00:07:12] Justin asks Bruno how he felt during the legal proceedings on Oracle v. Google. [00:12:35] Richard wonders how the Brazilian government got in touch with Bruno and what role has Brazil played in open source. Bruno mentions a manifesto that his Java group wrote along with other user groups in Brazil, explaining how they, as developers, saw open source and standards. [00:21:51] Justin asks Bruno to talk about what Kotlin means for the community and what other projects took advantage of the OpenJDK contribution. [00:28:41] Richard asks who is paying the current Java maintainers and how do we make sure that companies are responsible in doing that. [00:35:14] Find out where you can find Bruno on the internet. Quotes [00:05:15] “So, for me that discussion really opened my eyes on how important it was for a developer to have access to the source cod