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by bbanyc 4754 days ago
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.)

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> 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.