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>>This lawsuit has really nothing to do with people using OpenJDK/Oracle Java. That depends on how commercially successful your product is. I don't think it wo
by kamaal 8y ago
>>This lawsuit has really nothing to do with people using OpenJDK/Oracle Java.
That depends on how commercially successful your product is. I don't think it would even make logical sense for Oracle to go after every single start up that uses Java.
But lets say tomorrow news came out that a big reason for AWS's success is Java, then all of a sudden you are going to see Oracle want some of that money.
Please note I'm not saying expecting people to pay is necessarily wrong. I'm only saying people need to know what they are signing up for.
- icebraining 8y agoAnd all I'm saying is that Google was not using Java, they were using an alternative implementation of the same APIs (derived from Apache Harmony). The difference is that using Java™ gives you a license to the copyright and patents (and hence protection from Oracle), whereas using something else does not.
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- simion314 8y agoApple could install a free Java version and Oracle could do nothing about it, the problem was that Google was not using Java.