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> If we see Google specifically didn't choose OpenJDK to avoid GPL. As far as I know, when Android started to be developed, OpenJDK didn't exist
by Oletros 11y ago
> If we see Google specifically didn't choose OpenJDK to avoid GPL.
As far as I know, when Android started to be developed, OpenJDK didn't exist
- pron 11y agoYou're right, but it existed early enough (before Android's release) to be adopted by Android. Here is the relevant timeline -- http://www.pcworld.com/article/253666/a_timeline_of_oracles_java_lawsuit_against_google.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/253666/a_timeline_of_oracles_.... OpenJDK was released in May 2007.