Digital Trends – In a controversial move, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has resigned its seat on the Java SE/EE Executive Committee, the group responsible for standards surrounding the Java programming language and ratifying that Java releases—such as Java Standard Edition 7—meet specifications. The ASF supports a wide variety of open source projects; the organization’s resignation is protest over long-standing governance issues within the Java Community Process, particularly that ASF cannot certify that its open source Java implementation (Harmony) complies with Java language standards because Oracle won’t release the required test suites under an appropriate open license.