On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 8:55 AM, TJ <[email protected]> wrote: > If in creating an interoperable project - let us imagine something akin to > the Samba developers re-implementing the Microsoft SMB/CIFS and related > protocols, or the WINE project's reimplementation of the Win32 APIs, or the > OpenJDK project re-implementing the Java APIs - then the very fact that the > law assumes that the APIs are copyrighted and a trial on fair-use is the > only way to determine whether or not there is copyright infringement will > have the effect of stopping most interoperability projects in their tracks.
When writing about things, it's generally a good idea to first know what one is talking about. OpenJDK is an ORACLE-sponsored project. Other firms contribute to it, including Twitter, IBM, SAP, Apple, RedHat, and AMD. In fact, Oracle has made OpenJDK 7 the reference implementation of Java7 and then for Java8 with OpenJDK 8 too. Oracle programmers contribute code to OpenJDK and OpenJDK is the basis for the commercial and freeware builds of Oracle JDK. It's not a re-implementation, it's the official Open Source implementation of Java. See this to learn what OpenJDK is about, and the ecosystem around it (including Oracle) http://www.redhat.com/summit/2012/pdf/2012-DevDay-OpenJDK-Bhole.pdf IBM Joins OpenJDK http://www.sutor.com/c/2010/10/ibm-joins-the-openjdk-community/ SAP joins OpenJDK http://scn.sap.com/community/open-source/blog/2011/07/14/sap-joins-openjdk AMD and Oracle team up for Java GPU acceleration http://scn.sap.com/community/open-source/blog/2011/07/14/sap-joins-openjdk Apple and Oracle announce OpenJDK for Mac OS X http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/11/12Oracle-and-Apple-Announce-OpenJDK -Project-for-Mac-OS-X.html Oracle makes OpenJDK the Java7 reference implementaiton http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/06/openjdk-bylaws Oracle open sources JavaFX 2.0 as OpenJFX under GPL license http://openjdk.java.net/projects/openjfx/ Oracle open sources JavaFX 2.0 for iOS and Android http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/02/javafx-ios-android Oracle releases Nashorn, the next'generation Javascript engine for the Java VM in Java8 and OpenJDK 8 http://www.dzone.com/links/all_about_oracle_nashorn_the_nextgeneration_javas.html So your mixing of WINE (for which your reasoning has a point) with OpenJDK is misguided and potential FUD... FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un Acto Revolucionario - George Orwell
