On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Audrius <[email protected]> wrote: > The GPL > license of OpenJDK provides protection against patents. Android can > only be attacked because it is derived from the completely different > base.
I do not believe that is correct. OpenJDK is licensed under GPLv2. Patent protection was introduced in GPLv3. It is my understanding that the only protection that comes with OpenJDK is if your OpenJDK implementation passes the TCK. Greg -- 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.
