Ah, THAT makes sense. Not having their own system licensed under the GPL would explain why licensing of OpenJDK doesn't make the question irrelevant, and the timeline explains why they didn't just use OpenJDK directly. Thanks!
Also, OpenJDK is now 12 years old... It seems like forever, and it's kind of weird that events that old are still relevant to live legal disputes, but... I guess that's the speed of software vs. the speed of the U.S. legal system... ;)
Also, OpenJDK is now 12 years old... It seems like forever, and it's kind of weird that events that old are still relevant to live legal disputes, but... I guess that's the speed of software vs. the speed of the U.S. legal system... ;)