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by ericmo 3964 days ago
If Android usage of Java is in violation of Oracle's copyright, than why isn't OpenJDK? I don't code much in Java and when I do I use Oracle's version, so I don't know how different it is, but I guess the "API" should be the same, no?

Also, I don't see how is it better for Google to be sued by Oracle than using OpenJDK just because it is GPL-ed. Why? It doesn't make sense!

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> If Android usage of Java is in violation of Oracle's copyright, than why isn't OpenJDK?

OpenJDK was released by Sun as GPL.

Well, couldn't be simpler than that, thanks for clearing that up for me!