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Re:Linus: Don't Use ZFS by josefx on Friday January 10, 2020 @03:33AM (#22009404)
Googles Java implementation wasn't GPL licensed, so neither its implementation nor its interface could have been covered by the OpenJDK being GPLv2. I think RMS wouldn't sit by idly either if someone took GCC and forked it under the Apache license.
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Re:Linus: Don't Use ZFS by vetinari on Friday January 10, 2020 @07:37AM (#22010509)
But Google didn't fork the OpenJDK; they forked Apache Harmony, which was already Apache-licensed.

So it's not comparable with GCC; but comparable to forking clang and keeping clang license. I doubt RMS could be able to say anything.

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