In theory, they wouldn't come, as that's legit according to the license. You do have to give full credit and you'd have to release it under the GPL as well.
IANAL. On Sep 9, 8:38 pm, Jan Goyvaerts <[email protected]> wrote: > I know there has been *many* messages already about last day events > regarding to the future of Java. Although certainly inspired by it, I have a > question that is not about Java or any other language. So please, *don't* > waste > this thread into something else. Thanks. > * > * > * * > Suppose I want to create a new programming language PL/2, whatever my > reasons for that... > > 1) I download OpenJDK (I know it's great). > 2) I rename every "java" into "pl2". (I know I can't call it "Java"). > 3) I republish the thing as an open source project OpenPL2. > > How fast can I expect lawyers to knock on my door ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
