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1. microt+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-03-26 19:47:45
the VM/runtime need to be open source

Isn't ART Apache 2-licensed? They don't have to provide the source. I don't see why they would completely close it though. It would lead to forks, plus they have a lot of control through Google Play Services etc. already.

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2. fweime+5l[view] [source] 2025-03-26 21:37:07
>>microt+(OP)
Parts are GPLv2 with Classpath exception:

https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/main/+/...

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3. merb+L51[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-03-27 05:03:24
>>fweime+5l
yeah it’s mostly the runtime which is basically openjdk bits.
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