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Re:Microsoft unveils its own Java distribution by Apofis on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:07PM (#26727716)
It has to be. I'm assuming they used this internally until now.
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Re:Microsoft unveils its own Java distribution by bigmattystyles on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:20PM (#26727863)
Would internal use have even been legal if the decision had gone Oracle's way?
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Re:Microsoft unveils its own Java distribution by gaius_baltar on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:44PM (#26728219)
> Would internal use have even been legal if the decision had gone Oracle's way?

OpenJDK is GPL, so I suppose yes. I also understand that the cause for Oracle-Google lawsuit predates the GPL JDK (Google does not like GPL on Android userland after all), so its an entirely different problem.

Of course, IANAL.

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