-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have posted the following question to http://blog.headius.com/2010/08/my-thoughts-on-oracle-v-google.html, but it has been lost someway. There were other considerations too, but I'll focus on a single point.
In the end, all the fears around are about the OpenJDK not being safe enough from patents, because it's GPLv2 and allegedly it only provides partial protection from patents. Ok, my question: Linux is GPLv2. Torvalds explicitly refused GPLv3, which increases the patent protection. So, we should infer two things: 1) The Linux community is naive about the harm that patents can do to GPLv2 projects, Linux included. 2) Linux itself is not open enough and risks to be harassed by patents, as the OpenJDK. BTW, the Android core is Linux again and GPLv2, so it's at stake too. There's something that doesn't convince me in this reasoning, but my two statements above seems to be a logical consequential of the assumption that GPLv2 is weak. Thoughts? - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxr9gMACgkQeDweFqgUGxcenwCbBuYtFAX4PBHpILZP/21bUuQO KkMAn1NT9jRM/bQ7B+mIaX6kxy/CDg04 =2w+f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
