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GPLv2's implicit patent license and Dalvik

GPLv2's implicit patent license and Dalvik

Posted Jun 7, 2011 21:04 UTC (Tue) by danieldk (guest, #27876)
In reply to: GPLv2's implicit patent license and Dalvik by eru
Parent article: Android, forking, and control

Aren't portions of Bionic based on BSD libc?

http://codingrelic.geekhold.com/2008/11/six-million-dolla...

Also, it seems the rationale for making Bionic are license, size, and speed:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette/patrick-brady-dissects...

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