Will non-Sun committers to the OpenJDK project be treated as equals?
Yes. It is our expectation that both Sun engineers and non-Sun community committers will be governed by the same principles and roles established in the OpenJDK Constitution. Accordingly, non-Sun committers will have all the rights that Sun engineers have. They’ll also have all of the responsibilities, including code-review duties and the obligation to adhere to, as well as to assist, the various development practices and processes that help to maintain a high-quality OpenJDK code base.