On 13/08/2010 20:57, Roland Smith wrote:
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 07:59:20PM +0200, Antonio Vieiro wrote:
I'm currently using OpenJDK16 from ports. Is OpenJDK free from Oracle
hands or not?
Depends what you mean by free. It's under the GPLv2, so I think you should be
good wrt copyrights.
I think that the Diablo JVM has Sun source code [1], and this is
released under a partner agreement or something, so I imagine Oracle
could shut it down as well, right?
OpenJDK is under GPLV2, but I'm not sure it covers the whole JVM. I'll
try to find out.
Thanks,
Antonio
[1] http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml
Patents might be different matter, though! To the best of my knowledge, the EU
law doesn't allow patenting software. But if you really want to know where you
stand you should consult a lawyer who knows Spanish and EU patent law.
People in the US could very well be screwed, however. OTOH, Oracle's lawsuit
against Google over Android could potentially lead to the patents asserted in
that case being found invalid
Roland
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