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Supposedly, both. They made an API with the same structure, names, etc. They also copied a nine-line function called rangeCheck.
Additionally, how would this relate to the Java programming language being "free" and why would Google infringe on anything if it was free?
"Free" is not a legal license. Google would have to start from the OpenJDK implementation, and be subject to its license, which they didn't.
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Supposedly, both. They made an API with the same structure, names, etc. They also copied a nine-line function called rangeCheck.
Additionally, how would this relate to the Java programming language being "free" and why would Google infringe on anything if it was free?
"Free" is not a legal license. Google would have to start from the OpenJDK implementation, and be subject to its license, which they didn't.