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Out of curiosity (and as an exercise), what if Google decided to convert all the Java code and APIs to Scala (assuming they had permission from Typesafe)? Would
by Negative1 11y ago
Out of curiosity (and as an exercise), what if Google decided to convert all the Java code and APIs to Scala (assuming they had permission from Typesafe)? Would that still be infringement considering they are using the JVM (Dalvik or ART) but not actual Java code? Doesn't even Scala use (or transcompile to) Java code which could be infringement?
- rayiner 11y agoI think Oracle has a "thin" copyright here--the literal Java declarations. Expressing the APIs in Scala (or Clojure) and compiling down to whatever they compile down to these days shouldn't infringe.