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libc and java

libc and java

Posted Jun 8, 2011 12:38 UTC (Wed) by cate (subscriber, #1359)
In reply to: libc and java by jonabbey
Parent article: Android, forking, and control

Microsoft was suited for trademark violation with J++, so not including the "Java" keyword is not enough as long you tell user that it is like java.


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libc and java

Posted Jun 8, 2011 17:46 UTC (Wed) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]

Sun v Microsoft came about because Microsoft licenced Java from Sun and had a contractual obligation to implement Java faithfully, as well as trademark infringement because Microsoft *were* calling their broken version Java.

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