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The WebM Community Cross-License Initiative launches

The WebM Community Cross-License Initiative launches

Posted Apr 27, 2011 15:53 UTC (Wed) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
In reply to: The WebM Community Cross-License Initiative launches by rilder
Parent article: The WebM Community Cross-License Initiative launches

That's because OIN has a very narrow definition, preventing people from suing each other over the Linux kernel and a specified set of common packages (including gcc). Java, however, isn't on the OIN list, which is why Oracle could sue Google.


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