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from my understanding, openjdk is insulated from the supposed copyrighted api issue, though they still struggle with obtaining a test suite that can certify the

from my understanding, openjdk is insulated from the supposed copyrighted api issue, though they still struggle with obtaining a test suite that can certify their implementation as "compatible", to some degree or another.

icebraining 11y ago
No, OpenJDK is the actual reference implementation. It's Apache Harmony that couldn't get the TDK.
- benwilber0 11y ago
  ah, thanks for the clarification
- igravious 11y ago
  So why didn't they go this direction at the start?
  - Reason077 11y ago
    OpenJDK didn't exist in the early days of Android, so it wasn't an option. Sun/Oracle created OpenJDK, effectively "open sourcing" Java in response to the popularity of clean-room Java reimplementations like GNU Classpath and Apache Harmony. Why Android did not choose to adopt OpenJDK until now, however, is a mystery known only to Google. Maybe it was just a lot of work, technically speaking, to do so.
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