They have released control of it to the 'Java Community Process'.
If you want to work with a language controlled by developers, use Java.
Not everyone in the Java community is as happy as Sun is with the JCP, however. Many small developers, and even some large companies, consider the process neither open nor vendor neutral. Organizations wishing to participate in the JCP must pay annual fees to Sun. Only then can they provide experts to the JCP and actively shape a specification.
So let me get this straight. Sun released control to an organization which they control? Also are you sure there's no escape clause in there? Like Sun can do whatever they like and the board is only making recommendations to Sun.