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by mike_hearn 3615 days ago
Android is one obvious example. GNU Classpath is another. Avian is another.
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premium-concern 3614 days ago
Sorry, but no. None of them can passed the JCK, which is a requirement to certify a Java implementation.
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mike_hearn 3611 days ago
Your original statement was you can't BUILD an implementation without getting Oracle's blessing. Now you've switched to saying you can't CERTIFY which is a different claim.
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premium-concern 3607 days ago
I understand that you are trying to play semantics here, but in this case it doesn't work.

You can't BUILD an implementation of Java, because "Java" is defined by "passes the Java conformance tests".

You can build "something", but it won't be Java, so don't call it Java. Even Google understood that.

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