Comment Comment by jimmyvanhalen Sun/Oracle had OpenJDK (published under GPL) which is supported by everyone including IBM (after it abandoned Harmony).>you're going to have to expect non-"Java" open source forks.yes, licensed under GPL not ASL.Here's what Andy Rubin had to say about GPL:"The problem with GPL in embedded systems [such as smartphones and tablets] is that it's viral [...]""Sun chose GPL for this exact reason so that companies would need to come back to them and take a direct license and pay royalties." parent jimmyvanhalen 14 years ago
>you're going to have to expect non-"Java" open source forks.
yes, licensed under GPL not ASL.
Here's what Andy Rubin had to say about GPL:
"The problem with GPL in embedded systems [such as smartphones and tablets] is that it's viral [...]"
"Sun chose GPL for this exact reason so that companies would need to come back to them and take a direct license and pay royalties."