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Re:Java Is Still Free by simion314 on Monday October 15, 2018 @07:46AM (#18218931)
There are some rules if you want to re implement Java, but it is possible since we have many alternatives to chose from. T^he main point is to pass all the needed tests to confirm your re-implementation is compatible and not do what MS tried to do (embrace,extend,extinguish)
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Re:Java Is Still Free by lmm on Monday October 15, 2018 @09:03AM (#18219286)
You missed that you will be arbitrarily denied the ability to actually run those tests if you're trying to make a true open source implementation - see Apache Harmony.
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Re:Java Is Still Free by jerven on Monday October 15, 2018 @09:54AM (#18219629)
The TCK has been open sourced, since then. However, I think only for GPL implementations, see details at http://openjdk.java.net/groups/conformance/JckAccess/
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Re:Java Is Still Free by lmm on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @06:17AM (#18228112)
That doesn't sound like an open source license at all - you have to submit a form to Oracle and they'll decide whether you get a copy or not.
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Re:Java Is Still Free by simion314 on Monday October 15, 2018 @09:35AM (#18219495)
That is old news, do you have an uptodate link?
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Re:Java Is Still Free by lmm on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:27AM (#18227938)
What's changed? There still isn't an independent implementation of Java, Harmony is still shut down because they were arbitrarily denied a TCK license.
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