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> This is a large scale defeat of the GPL and dual licensing Can you elaborate on that? What does this have to do with those thing?
by bogwog 6y ago
> This is a large scale defeat of the GPL and dual licensing
Can you elaborate on that? What does this have to do with those thing?
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoGoogle had the option to use the OpenJDK and make Android a GPL-based platform. They did not want to. They could've, and tried to, negotiate a separate license, but simply decided to copy what they wanted instead, relying on their legal team to protect them.
- simonh 6y agoI'm confused how not using the GPL version makes this relevant to the GPL.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoDual licensing is a common reason to GPL your code: Letting people have and use the source under restricted terms, and paying for an enterprise license otherwise. If Google can steal the code from the GPL version and then just not obey the license or pay for an enterprise license, dual licensing is dead and no business will open source their code under a dual licensing model.
- esarbe 6y agoGoogle did not steal code. Dual licensing is not a reason but a practice. Unlicensed use of code is still unlicensed and punishable by the terms of the license. Dual licensing still exists and will continue existing. Please.
- curt15 6y agoGoogle has been using OpenJDK since Android 7.