They don't even have to go through those motions, they could just release what they have under the same license as OpenJDK and grab some of the interface defini

They don't even have to go through those motions, they could just release what they have under the same license as OpenJDK and grab some of the interface definitions they need from OpenJDK And they wouldn't necessarily be "legally in the clear"... when this is all said and done they may be found to have infringed copyright illegally and will have to pay a price for breaking the law. Complying with the OpenJDK license would only protect them going forward, not for past transgressions. Interesting move on Oracle's part would be to try to prove that Google infringed on OpenJDK's copyright (i.e., violated the GPL)... then under GPLv2 Google could lose their rights to redistribute OpenJDK https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-guide.pdf#subsection.5.2 https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-gu...