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by jimmyvanhalen 5163 days ago
>Jonathan Schwartz said both bothered them but had to be tolerated, but you've made clear that his opinion couldn't possibly be relevant. We'll just have to see how this case turns out.

His "endorsement" is not a license or a permission to break copyright/license agreements.
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magicalist 5163 days ago
It wasn't an endorsement, it was an explanation for why they didn't take legal action against Harmony, or Classpath, or Android.

You didn't answer my questions.

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jimmyvanhalen 5163 days ago
He said many things that were pro-Android. Endorsements, explanation, etc. it doesn't matter. What he said was not a license.

What questions? anyone can fork OpenJDK and release it under a different license due to the classpath exceptions, and if they pass the TCK they can call their software Java. If not they cant't. but PhoneME doesn't have the classpath exception and that's why Google didn't like that.

Here's Andy Rubin's email:

"We are building a platform where the entire purpose is to let people differentiate on top of it," said Android chief Andy Rubin in an August 11, 2007, e-mail that Oracle is touting in its case against Google (PDF). "Sun chose GPL for this exact reason so that companies would need to come back to them and take a direct license and pay royalties."

so what is your point?

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