Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 07/19/2012 09:53 AM, Keith Roberts wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Jul 2012, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>>
>>> No, java is not open source. Didn't you know that the APIs are
>>> patented. You did see that Oracle sued Google for making a Derivative
>>> work of java, right? Open source is open source ... this suing people
>>> for using open source to create derivative works is buillshit ...
>>> however it is standard operating procedure for Oracle.
>> So how does iced-tea fit into this picture?
>
> It fits in fine until Oracle decides that it wants to sue because they
> think there is some money to be made. Then APIs are patentable, GPL does
> not give patent permissions, etc. The lawsuits will then fly.
>
> If Android was not wildly popular, Oracle would not have done anything
> about it. Since it is, they want $$$.
>
> If they think there is $$$ for them, they will pull the same thing again
> in a heartbeat ... be it Java or MySQL or Berkley DB. They gave up Open
> Office to the Apache Foundation because of the mass exodus of
> developers, or it would be in the same boat. I just do not trust them.
And then there's their hardware acquisition, Sun. Tech support for
hardware is what I refer to as self-abuse. Just don't buy it.
mark
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