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Google Didn't Ship Relicensed Java Code After All

Posted by Soulskill on from the deeper-looks dept.

RedK writes "In a follow up to yesterday's news about Google apparently relicensing confidential Oracle code found in Java under the ASL, it seems that the blogger who initially reported the issue was plain wrong, as the files he indicated were in breach of Oracle's copyright do not actually ship with Android. Google has also deleted many of these files, which were mostly used as unit tests."

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  1. You're right -they should NOT have relied on Java. by bigtallmofo · · Score: 4, Funny

    From any angle Android's Java reliance seams like a bad move.

    Any sensible move would have had them developing to a more open platform like .NET.

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    I'm a big tall mofo.