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Re:Improved Docker Container Integration with Java 10 by chris_wot on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @12:50PM (#16756528)
I think people must think I hate Java. I don’t. I think it’s great and I love Spring, though I have been mostly programming in C++ so haven’t touched Java in a long while personally.

I’m more concerned with the copyright status of Java APIs. Can you really be sure that you will be safe from Oracle’s clutches?

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Re:Improved Docker Container Integration with Java 10 by maltalex on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @01:36PM (#16757006)
> I’m more concerned with the copyright status of Java APIs

Building something using OpenJDK using Java APIs shouldn't get you in any trouble.

What got Google in trouble with Oracle was that they copied and re-implemented all of Java's APIs. Are you planning on doing something similar?

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Re:Improved Docker Container Integration with Java 10 by michaelcampbell on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @06:33PM (#16759913)
> What got Google in trouble with Oracle

... was a big wallet.

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Re:Improved Docker Container Integration with Java 10 by chris_wot on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @09:15PM (#16760916)
Funny, the WINE project does this.
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Re:Improved Docker Container Integration with Java 10 by maltalex on Thursday April 05, 2018 @04:12AM (#16762872)
So does ReactOS.

Only both projects are pretty pointless to sue since they aren't making any money.

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Re:Improved Docker Container Integration with Java 10 by ganonm on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @01:03PM (#16756675)
I had assumed you weren't a fan, apologies for jumping to conclusions. The copyright concerns are valid - I've only followed the whole Oracle vs. Google litigation from a distance. I'm hoping the little guys like us won't be affected.
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Re:Improved Docker Container Integration with Java 10 by vbezhenar on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @02:03PM (#16757276)
If Oracle would win this lawsuit, entire industry will be in a serious trouble. Don't forget to pay IBM for every SQL statement you wrote, they invented SQL as an API for relational database after all.
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