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How does OpenJDK stay out of violation if Oracle wins? Doesn't OpenJDK basically copy the API as well?


Oracle owns copyright on OpenJDK, so it can't 'violate'.

Maybe more precisely, if you regard the API in question as copyrightable, Oracle has clearly licensed it under GPLv2 plus the Classpath Exception.

Also, the issue of copyrightability of the Java SE API has already been definitively decided in this case, in Oracle's favor.


OpenJDK was created by Sun.


Code for OpenJDK can run unmodified on Oracle Java.

Code for Android Apps contain unrelated public APIs so cannot run on Oracle Java.


What does copyright law care about software compatibility?




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