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0 pointscurt159y ago0 comments

J++ got into trouble for trademark issues because MS called their incompatible implementation Java(TM) and caused brand confusion. Android does not do this.

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pjmlp9y ago

The fact is that Google forked Java, there is no difference at all.

curt15OP9y ago

But Google doesn't call its fork Java(TM), which makes all the difference between this case and J++. The practice of independently implementing and modifying an API has never been questioned until now. It was not in dispute in J++ and it's in fact the reason why software projects like GNU/Linux (which is at most an approximation of AT&T Unix and has never received any sort of certification) are able to exist.

pjmlp9y ago

The fact is that they borked Java compatibility story, regardless how their supporters sell the story.

I cannot take whatever piece of Java code I feel like it and run it on Android.

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coldtea9y ago

Only where "forking" or not forking is concerned.

But there are tons of differences in other aspects of the issue -- which make all the difference as to the MS case.

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pjmlp9y ago

The fact is that Google forked Java, there is no difference at all.

curt15OP9y ago

pjmlp9y ago

The fact is that they borked Java compatibility story, regardless how their supporters sell the story.

I cannot take whatever piece of Java code I feel like it and run it on Android.

3 more replies

coldtea9y ago

Only where "forking" or not forking is concerned.

But there are tons of differences in other aspects of the issue -- which make all the difference as to the MS case.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse