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by eli 5901 days ago
Yup, seems like a really clever way to give developers a familiar language with a huge library without having to make a deal with Sun (err Oracle) for a JVM license
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nailer 5901 days ago
Isn't the JVM OSS?
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dchest 5901 days ago
Here's an article on this: "Dalvik: how Google routed around Sun’s IP-based licensing restrictions on Java ME" http://www.betaversion.org/~stefano/linotype/news/110/
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wmf 5901 days ago
The clever part is getting anyone to believe that a VM with the exact same semantics as Java doesn't infringe Java patents.
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