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Yeah I agree the GPL is not relevant to the case at hand, though it does raise the question whether (assuming Oracle wins) the logical conclusion is that the Ja
by cyphar 6y ago
Yeah I agree the GPL is not relevant to the case at hand, though it does raise the question whether (assuming Oracle wins) the logical conclusion is that the Java APIs are under the GPL/Proprietary dual-license Oracle offers today or that the copyright license itself doesn't apply to the API and a separate license is needed -- in which case I guess it's high time for GPLv4.
- pjmlp 6y agoExcept anti-GPL folks have made GPL almost irrelevant outside Java, Linux kernel, GCC and a couple of GNU tools.
- nix23 6y agoThat's because the GPL is not as Hippie as you might think. Your code is just protected if it gets re-distributed, that's why google never ever has to opensource their "Server OS/Kernel". Also they changed GCC to GPLv3 which is just a super stupid decision for a Compiler.