Android's VM is Dalvik, which is under the Apache 2.0 license.

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:15 AM, DavidGarnett <davidngarn...@gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm not sure this is a question for Android app developers, but here
> goes...
>
> Does a device running Android have to license a JVM?  Some upfront
> information suggests that a JVM is "built in" to Android, which I hope
> would mean that the device manufacturer wouldn't need to pay Oracle
> for a JVM license.
>
> Of course, the manufacturure would have to port Android to the
> device ...
>
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