On Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:51:17 +0200, morten hattesen
<[email protected]> wrote:
One remaining issue on Java "openness" still exists, though. Oracle's
licensing policies of the TCK (ref Apache Harmony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Harmony#Difficulties_to_obtain_a_TCK_license_from_Sun
)
So, it is effectively impossible for anyone to make an alternate Java
implementation, as there is no way of measuring its compatibility,
which is what the TCK does.
Correct. Putting it together with the previous exchange, the TCK is needed
if you want to put the Java(TM) trademark on your product. Question: is
this really important, today? Android demonstrates that beef matters more
than trademarks. Also, the demise of Harmony because IBM was persuaded on
moving to the mainstream JDK way demonstrates that to have a Java(TM)
trademarkable product you need a big company. This actually restricts the
game to a small number of potential players and thus makes the TCK point
mostly a theoretical one (big players in the end have no problems in
making a deal with Oracle).
Summing up, and in a prudential wait for more information, including the
eventuality that Oracle appeals, this story teaches me that the Java
ecosystem is really open for what matters. I think once we have got the
point, we should tell it out loud.
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Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager
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