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| Authored by: iksrazal on Thursday, April 26 2012 @ 08:54 PM EDT |
I went to the Java conferences and met the Sun guys during the Android era, and
half the questions were about open JVM and API implementations. What would
happen if Java fell into evil hands?
Open source was in their face everyday, they most certainly tolerated Apache,
they would have been pelted with rotten fruit at every conference otherwise, it
was a hostile crowd.
The problem for Sun, as stated today in court, is that they had nothing Google
needed. They didn't need a license for an clean room implementation of open API
_not_ named Java - anything else is an Oracle mirage.
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| Authored by: jjs on Thursday, April 26 2012 @ 09:14 PM EDT |
1. That was not "a blog entry" that was an entry on the
blog that was one of the official communications means of
the company CEO. What he says SETS policy.
2. At no point after that did he, or the board, repudiate
his official statements.
3. See elsewhere, this position was restated at other times
and locations, to include Sun attendance at conferences.
4. Apache Harmony had been out for years. Sun knew exactly
what Apache Harmony was - Apache had tried to get the TCK,
and been denied. At no point did Sun sue Apache or
otherwise try and stop them. I believe (IANAL) that this is
estoppel - Sun's lack of action created an expectation that
what they did had Sun's blessing, or at least acquiescence.
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(Note IANAL, I don't play one on TV, etc, consult a practicing attorney, etc,
etc)
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