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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @12:53PM (#16690396)
I don't think that's quite right, either (though I could be wrong). IIRC, Android first was done based on Sun/Oracle Java. Then (and maybe even after the lawsuit started?), Google shifted to Harmony.
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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by sangnoir on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @01:00PM (#16690475)
Are you perhaps referring to Android's very recent switch to GPL-licensed OpenJDK[1] from Harmony after the lawsuit? There was no GPL licensed (and certified) version of Java when the Android project kicked off - OpenJDK came into existance later. Also - Apache Harmony predated OpenJDK by a few years.

1. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/android-n-switch...

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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @01:10PM (#16690611)
Yes, that's what I meant.
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