3 ms·They chose not to because it would have made every single android app GPL too.by patrickaljord 13y agoThey chose not to because it would have made every single android app GPL too.pron 13y agoI don't think so. OpenJDK's GPL has a "classpath exception", that does not require apps using the API to be GPL.wmf 13y agoThe real reason is probably that Android was developed before OpenJDK was released. That and carriers' irrational GPLphobia.