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Exactly. Google's run around also had to do specifically with Java Mobile restrictions -- something Sun wanted Google to pay for. The question Oracle's lawsuit
by vessenes 16y ago
Exactly. Google's run around also had to do specifically with Java Mobile restrictions -- something Sun wanted Google to pay for.
The question Oracle's lawsuit raises is whether or not it's possible to compile Java without infringing on their patents. I still think my question has more merit than wmf suggests -- MS did essentially what I'm suggesting with C#.
- riffraff 16y agobut the issue is not only about compiling is it? I recall that a few of the patents (debatable as they are) specifically relate to runtime, such as the one about the security manager. Such a patent would invalidate the whole runtime code as it was built around such a policy. So if you want to avoid being sued you need to use a different language, a different compiler and a different runtime, which is what MS did with C#. But then why would you need a patent-minefield such as Jive-the-forked-java in the first place?