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

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