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Does it come with more patents? Serious question. I'm thinking Oracle tried to put a lot more locks on this version of Java, to make it theirs, and not so open
by nextparadigms 15y ago
Does it come with more patents? Serious question.
I'm thinking Oracle tried to put a lot more locks on this version of Java, to make it theirs, and not so open source anymore.
- wmf 15y agoWasn't the feature freeze before Oracle bought Sun?
- zmmmmm 15y agoAh, but patents, wonderful things that they are, protect implementations more than they protect features. It's very easy to implement the same feature in different ways, ones that are patent protected if you know how. Having said that, GPL in theory ensures users and even people making derivatives of Java are protected from patent action by Oracle.