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0 pointssurround5y ago0 comments

When I learned that Java is open source, I had assumed that it was free. I guess I was wrong.

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cutler5y ago· 1 in thread

There's open source and really open source, it seems. Just wondering if the ruling will put a bomb under the Java edifice? Maybe it will even pave the way for Kotlin to become the dominant JVM language. One can only dream.

gridspy5y ago

Yes, for the last decade or more commercial companies have been polluting the term "Open Source" to mean "this software takes away all your freedoms, but at least you can read our source code."

This is why the FOSS licenses enshrine Compilation, modification and redistribution also.

gpm5y ago

Google isn't complying with the GPL license, so it doesn't really matter that it's open source.

Also, I forget if openjdk or this infringement happened first, but if the latter was first than it wasn't open source at the time.

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