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Re:Corretto – No-cost, multiplatform, developer-preview dist... by sroussey on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @10:23AM (#18450491)
Probably because they don’t own the trademark on Java.
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Re:Corretto – No-cost, multiplatform, developer-preview dist... by Spivak on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:04PM (#18451423)
Within reason, you are actually allowed to use someone else's trademark for something like this provided your own trademark is the more prominent. So something like "Amazon Distribution for Java" would be fine.
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