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> ZFS has a CDDL license Java is GPLv2+CPE. That didn't stop Oracle because, as Linus pointed out in the email, Oracle regards their APIs as a separate entity
by zamalek 7y ago
> ZFS has a CDDL license
Java is GPLv2+CPE. That didn't stop Oracle because, as Linus pointed out in the email, Oracle regards their APIs as a separate entity to their code.
- josefx 7y agoGoogles Java implementation wasn't GPL licensed, so neither its implementation nor its interface could have been covered by the OpenJDK being GPLv2. I think RMS wouldn't sit by idly either if someone took GCC and forked it under the Apache license.
- vetinari 7y agoBut Google didn't fork the OpenJDK; they forked Apache Harmony, which was already Apache-licensed. So it's not comparable with GCC; but comparable to forking clang and keeping clang license. I doubt RMS could be able to say anything.
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