The TCK Trap

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You want to fork the OpenJDK. If you don’t care about calling it Java, you can, under copyright law and the GPLv2, just cut the release, publish it, and go about your business. The catch is that there are tons of patents all over the JVM, and the GPLv2 does not include any patent protections.

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Created by mclaud2000 13 years 2 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 2 weeks ago
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