A copyrighted API spec is like copyrighted blueprint for an adaptor plug, ISTM

Posted Mar 29, 2018 12:36 UTC (Thu) by AnimeLife (guest, #116014)
In reply to: A copyrighted API spec is like copyrighted blueprint for an adaptor plug, ISTM by bokr
Parent article: Appeals Court Overturns Google's Fair Use Victory For Java APIs (Techdirt)

Yup and even if they are protected by licences / GPL on linux, in their own way they are doing wrong on windows.

But on the otherside, I think java apps are supposed to run on any platform and Android SDK / APKs exactly do the opposite, making them available only on one *commercial* platform controlled by one company. Did google invest any effort to make them compatible on other systems, atleast on GNU / Linux, provide alternate runtimes to run APKs on PCs or anything like that? NO. So, in my opinion this suits them.

A copyrighted API spec is like copyrighted blueprint for an adaptor plug, ISTM

Posted Mar 29, 2018 19:51 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (1 responses)

DAX runtime runs just fine on regular Linux. That's how you develop Android apps.

A copyrighted API spec is like copyrighted blueprint for an adaptor plug, ISTM

Posted Mar 29, 2018 22:24 UTC (Thu) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

Plus the whole point of the Android stuff is to provide the framework for Java to run on Android. Java won't run if somebody doesn't write a runtime to run it!

The Android stuff is simply a Java runtime and development kit optimised for the platform it's meant to run on, namely Android phones.

Cheers,
Wol