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Re:Oracle sues Google over use of Java in Android by lkjhgfhjk on Thursday August 12, 2010 @11:13PM (#1599948)
So take Sun's GPL Java, modify it - by say deleting all the sun code and inserting your own, then release the changes back to Oracle under the GPL!
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Re:Oracle sues Google over use of Java in Android by cookiecaper on Thursday August 12, 2010 @11:32PM (#1599984)
I don't think that would hold up. The judge would consider it a new work, not a derivative, and therefore not covered by Sun's release of patents for the official JVM.
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