It was hoped that JavaFX would be released on the 2nd December, and according to this Sun Blog post, it is - but posts in the JavaFX forum are now stating the 4th December. Anyway, it should be sometime next week!. You will (hopefully) be able to download it here from the 2nd of December or perhaps the 4th of December.
As far as I can tell, it’s still not entirely clear which license JavaFX 1.0 will be release under - I’m guessing most people will be hoping it’s NOT released under the GPL V3. The main problem with GPL V3 with software library frameworks, is that anyone building with it or extending it may be forced to release the full source code (the wording of this license can be understood to mean this). This is fine for hardcode open source fans and hobbiests, but not for serious home users and certainly not businesses. ExtJS, a popular JS framework, used this method earlier this year - they had thousands of business users building applications with it, then they changed the license to GPL V3. They claim than all users must release FULL source code if they update to the latest release, or buy a license (it’s released under a dual license where you need to obide by the GPL3 or buy a license to keep your source private). I strongly suspect JavaFX will not follow this road.
We suspect that the release next week will be limited, with other tools and further support to follow in the months to come.
Roll on December 2nd (or 4th?)….
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