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No, they didn't. If I hand you a bag of balls and say you're allowed to play with the purple and green balls inside, I haven't given you permission to play wit
by ABCLAW 9y ago
No, they didn't.
If I hand you a bag of balls and say you're allowed to play with the purple and green balls inside, I haven't given you permission to play with any of the other balls.
In this case, the different balls are the different dismemberments/rights related to Java.
- wrs 9y agoSun defended Java with the trademark and the compatibility kit, not copyright on the API. It never occurred to anyone (as it shouldn't now) that there was copyright on the API. [edit] Jonathan Schwartz: "The strategy was, we agree on these open APIs, then we compete on implementations."