Lawyer-resistance; remember the situation a year or so ago when the tzinfo files were the subject of a patent claim? Oracle's weren't at risk because they have lawyers on retainer.
Oracle's files are based on the tzinfo files, and are just as vulnerable. If anything, more so because Oracle has a lot more money than the tzinfo maintainers.
No, this is about write-once-run-anywhere compatibility as the other responses say.
(Incidentally, it was a copyright claim, not a patent claim, but in this regard they work the same way.)
> Oracle's files are based on the tzinfo files, and are just as vulnerable. If anything, more so because Oracle has a lot more money than the tzinfo maintainers.
Oracle's got enough cheddar to take it to court or settle out-of-court like their business depends on it.
No, this is about write-once-run-anywhere compatibility as the other responses say.
(Incidentally, it was a copyright claim, not a patent claim, but in this regard they work the same way.)