Android 2.2 (Froyo) features

Re:Android 2.2 (Froyo) features by eli on Saturday April 24, 2010 @09:48PM (#1291966)

Yup, seems like a really clever way to give developers a familiar language with a huge library without having to make a deal with Sun (err Oracle) for a JVM license

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Re:Android 2.2 (Froyo) features by nailer on Sunday April 25, 2010 @05:42AM (#1292467)

Isn't the JVM OSS?

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Re:Android 2.2 (Froyo) features by dchest on Sunday April 25, 2010 @06:13AM (#1292496)

Here's an article on this: "Dalvik: how Google routed around Sun’s IP-based licensing restrictions on Java ME" http://www.betaversion.org/~stefano/linotype/news/110/

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Re:Android 2.2 (Froyo) features by wmf on Sunday April 25, 2010 @01:21AM (#1292216)

The clever part is getting anyone to believe that a VM with the exact same semantics as Java doesn't infringe Java patents.

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