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by twic
4143 days ago
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> Consider what's happened with Java in recent years. What has happened with Java in recent years? One thing i can think of is that the 'official' Sun/Oracle JDK has gone from being closed source, to having a second-class GPL'd derivative, to being built on a GPL'd core. The amount of proprietary closed-source code has gone from 4% to 1% to nothing that doesn't have a free replacement today. |
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Your feigned ignorance is disingenuous. An enormous legal battle over the platform took place within the past decade.
We are very lucky that the outcome was favorable and that the platform has been able to continue to improve.