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Classpath Exception not included in the mobile editionClasspath Exception not included in the mobile editionPosted Aug 26, 2010 12:42 UTC (Thu) by willjcroz (guest, #62784)In reply to: Classpath Exception not included in the mobile edition by nim-nim Parent article: A very grumpy editor's thoughts on Oracle
AFAICT the use of JavaSE/Harmony libraries is complicated by the field of use restrictions issued by Sun for the OpenJDK JCK compliance test framework (required to 'comply' and get patent license). It's use on anything other than a standard computer on a desk is prohibited from what I have read.
See the open letter to Sun from Apache Harmony team:
http://www.apache.org/jcp/sunopenletter.html
and its related FAQ:
http://www.apache.org/jcp/sunopenletterfaq.html
From what I can find, Apache Harmony project's concerns have not been addressed. Unless you know otherwise, in which case please post details of how Sun addressed this.
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Classpath Exception not included in the mobile edition Posted Aug 27, 2010 11:41 UTC (Fri) by mjw (subscriber, #16740) [Link]
> AFAICT the use of JavaSE/Harmony libraries is complicated by the field of use restrictions issued by Sun for the OpenJDK JCK compliance test framework (required to 'comply' and get patent license). It's use on anything other than a standard computer on a desk is prohibited from what I have read.
There are no such field of use restrictions in the OpenJDK JCK:
> From what I can find, Apache Harmony project's concerns have not been addressed.
The problem with their concerns is that they are unverifiable because they did the "negotiations" in secrecy without involving the bigger libre java community. They probably really got a bad deal, but it is hard to help out if they keep the details hidden: http://gnu.wildebeest.org/blog/mjw/2007/04/21/openjck/
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