-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 8/19/10 09:55 , Vince O'Sullivan wrote: > On Aug 18, 4:02 pm, Fabrizio Giudici > <fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> wrote: >> 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. > > I'm not sure I follow the argument here. Are you saying that if > OpenJDK (or, by implication, any other software) is released under > the appropriate licence then it becomes immune from patent claims? > Well, my points are:
1. If a good FLOSS license doesn't protect from patent claims, the whole FLOSS world is a castle in the air. 2. Focusing, if GPLv2 isn't protecting enough, OpenJDK is not the only thing at risk - all things that rely on GPLv2 are potentially at risk, such as Linux (this should be the logical conclusion of people that don't trust Oracle, since Oracle is the 6th commiter to the Linux kernel). Now, I don't think that this could be true - but I fear a lots of FUD against FLOSS if the community doesn't clarify the points in an authoritative way. PS To confirm my fears about FUD, I'm keeping reading TONS of articles with things such "Android is a Java VM", etc... with a peak yesterday at ZDNet where I learnt that Android is based on JavaME. Since utter incompetence seems normal for people writing articles, the step to saying more dangerous things is short. - -- 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/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxs51oACgkQeDweFqgUGxe6zwCeKaeWxUY7G9QDckg0kQBHuoly d3gAoJFNXu38Qe6H/Y6JUQQAM2AytphH =asap -----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.
