Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 10:11:12 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS License and Future Message-ID: <20101106161112.GC12418@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTindkLkH24GZPNn8cvhf0XSSWX0pozmVn3rJ7tn9@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=EKpVrX2xc7oq%2Bp=RCVtUMUmcVYefj7G20yr-O@mail.gmail.com> <4CD45A11.7060002@stillbilde.net> <20101105213433.GC8648@guilt.hydra> <AANLkTin60PyaapfjTQP1G97kOx3b3P-mb6Ffw-A0nL3E@mail.gmail.com> <4CD4DD2C.1090407@too1337.com> <AANLkTindkLkH24GZPNn8cvhf0XSSWX0pozmVn3rJ7tn9@mail.gmail.com>
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--mvpLiMfbWzRoNl4x Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 09:16:05AM +0200, App Deb wrote: > On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Steven Susbauer <steven@too1337.com> wrot= e: >=20 > > Android uses the Java language, but this is not what that suit is about. > > Oracle claims the Dalvik VM infringes on their patents. If Android was = using > > the Java VM there would be no lawsuit. Sun was able to successfully sue > > Microsoft for similar reasons in 1997 (incomplete implementation of the= Java > > standard). Somehow people continued using Java, despite this. >=20 > Actually they were not. If I remember correctly, the Microsoft Java VM > was abandoned because of this and everyone had to switch to the Sun > one. I think Steven was saying that people are still using Java the language, not that they're still using Microsoft's Java implementation. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --mvpLiMfbWzRoNl4x Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkzVfiAACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUG9QCeJ0judG1MYR31vUzDmmugHjDw UY0Anj+VO921CFWT1hKkJ9AGOuD7H4CJ =LL7T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mvpLiMfbWzRoNl4x--
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