Now an Oracle out of Android. Google has decided to replace the company’s Java APIs with open source.
When Android N is released next year, the operating system entirely relying on OpenJDK, the Google said to VentureBeat.
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The expectation from the company’s move will make it easier for developers by creating an open common code base for Java. It also means a huge change in Android, with amendments in 8902 files.
An underlying cause, such as Google are quiet about, the protracted litigation between the companies. Oracle claims that Java use in Android infringes the copyrights, and several verdicts and five years later the fighting parties still. The transition to open source can be a way for Google to protect itself from further conflict.
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