Java licensing (was Re: Discussion - non-free software removal)

[Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Walters <walters@debian.org> writes:
    Colin> I don't see how they can prevent a clean-room competing
    Colin> implementation without software patents.  A license on
    Colin> their code does nothing to other implementations.

See

<URL:http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/2.1.1/apidocs/spec-license.html>
<URL:http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/first/jsr154/servlet-2_4-pfd-spec-license.html>
<URL:http://wwws.sun.com/software/java2/license.html>

for instance.  If I control the use of the specification, I control the
competing implementations.

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