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The issue is not with the open-source portion, it's with relicensing. The implication is that parts of the code that are in Android's Java implementation were c
by SeveredCross 16y ago
The issue is not with the open-source portion, it's with relicensing. The implication is that parts of the code that are in Android's Java implementation were copied outright and then relicensed to APL, which is not allowed--the original code is GPL, and must stay GPL, unless the original author decides to license it under a different license.
- yuhong 16y agoAlso, the code was not copied from OpenJDK, but decompiled from an old proprietary version of Java.
- protomyth 16y agoRelicensing is also not allowed when something says PROPRIETARY / CONFIDENTIAL" and "DO NOT DISTRIBUTE" except by the code owner.
- bad_user 16y agoRelicensing is also not allowed when something doesn't ship with a license or doesn't explicitly allow relicensing. Basically you can't do shit if it isn't explicitly allowed.