So someone could fork OpenJDK indefinitely without merging and be protected? Whe...

lhnn on Oct 4, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Java as we know it is over. Time to fork?

So someone could fork OpenJDK indefinitely without merging and be protected?

Where is all of this documented? Where is the primary source on patent/licensing dangers of (writing/forking a JVM|creating your own "version" of Java)?

I don't like asking a lot of questions, but I don't know where to look.

jsmcgd on Oct 4, 2010 [–]

Reading the GPL should answer a lot of your questions.

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html