OpenJDK on Android

[Geir Magnusson Jr.]

the lack of GPL for starters as well as the fact that Harmony was first :)

On Nov 13, 2012, at 2:50 PM, "LaMothe, Ryan R" <Ryan.LaMothe at pnnl.gov> wrote:

> Of even more interest, I think, is why Google chose to use Apache Harmony
> instead of OpenJDK in the first placeŠ
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> Ryan LaMothe
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> On 11/13/12 9:21 AM, "Andrew Hughes" <gnu.andrew at redhat.com> wrote:
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> Why isn´t there a OpenJDK for Android? Would it be too difficult to
>>> port?.
>>> License restrictions on the part of Google to include third party
>>> runtimes?
>>> 
>>> In short, has anyone attempted to build a OpenJDK for Android? What
>>> are the
>>> technical hurdles, if any?
>>> 
>>> FC
>>> 
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>> Lack of an ARM port?  Don't most Android devices run on ARM?
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>> Andrew :)
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