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by MichaelBurge 1237 days ago
If the other comments are to be believed, this triggers an immediate fee to be paid to Oracle.

Personally, I thought everyone(including Google) was crazy for using Java or any JVM language in any form until the Supreme Court case was settled. Even if the internet commenters tell you it's safe, do you really trust them to make a legal case so iron-tight that Oracle's thousands of lawyers won't find some way to sue you and cost you $500/hour in defense fees for months if you come to their attention?
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kaba0 1237 days ago
OpenJDK literally has the exact same license that the linux kernel uses. Do you also fear Google, intel, Microsoft and alia from suing you for using linux?
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sofixa 1237 days ago
I think OP's point is that Oracle were suing Google for implementing the same API as the JDK. If that had held, then any other Java SDK like OpenJDK would have been in potential trouble.
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