Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: disappearing letter

Hi :)
There is currently a court-case about this between Oracle and Google.  Oracle appear to be claiming 
that code released and patented by Sun and released under a GPL has been copied by Google for use 
in Android.  The OpenJDK is not independent of Oracle.  

> From the IBM website
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/newto/
"OpenJDKOpenJDK is a free and open source implementation of the Java
       programming language, available under the GPLv2 license. 
       In October 2010, IBM, previously the main corporate contributor of the competing Apache
       Harmony project, formed an alliance with Oracle to support OpenJDK and create a single, 
stable
       platform for Java development."So 'IBM Java' is tied to Oracle too.  

Ok, in theory being on a GPL means the code could be forked from by any other project or 
organisation but Google appear to be in hot water for doing just that.  

The court-case as proposed by Oracle is based on who holds certain patents and seems to be avoiding 
the issue about licenses.  I don't understand the ins-and-outs and haven't even read GrokLaw about 
it so the articles i base my personal opinions on could easily have got completely the wrong story 
and then i have "read between the lines" and arrived at something even more inaccurate.

Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Tue, 17/4/12, e-letter <inpost@gmail.com> wrote:

From: e-letter <inpost@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: disappearing letter
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Tuesday, 17 April, 2012, 12:51

On 16/04/2012, NoOp <glgxg@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> You keep promoting earlier versions of Java, I guess you've not heard
> what happened to Apple for not updating their Java versions:

Off-topic, but why don't people using ibm java and openjdk more?

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