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Isn't Java open source? (Does this not include the APIs that are part of it?)
by AgentME 9y ago
Isn't Java open source? (Does this not include the APIs that are part of it?)
- fapjacks 9y agoWhen it comes to Oracle, it doesn't matter. There's a reason MySQL was forked into MariaDB basically the second Oracle bought it.
- alok-g 9y agoOpen-source does not mean there are no restrictions. AFAIK, Java's open-source license did include some provisions that Google violated. PS: I am not a lawyer. Above piece of knowledge is coming just from what I read, perhaps on HN during the previous ruling on the case.
- ben509 9y agoOpenJDK is presently under GPL 2, with the "classpath exception" at the end: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/file/a08cbfc0e4ec/LICENSE http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/file/a08cbfc0e4ec/LICEN... At the time, though, I don't believe it was open source and OpenJDK originated as a cleanroom rewrite of it, and has since been integrated.