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		esrauch on July 27, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sun CEO explicitly endorsed Java's use in Android I'm not sure that the Java bytecodoe-to-Dalvik compiler actually completely Java SE 6 compatible (eg that it is a superset), but I think that is irrelevant since their licensing actually prohibits supersets. This is why Sun was able to force Microsoft to discontinue their JVM; it had nonstandard features in it, and therefore their licensing wouldn't be valid.

nl on July 27, 2011 [–]

but I think that is irrelevant since their licensing actually prohibits supersets

Android/Dalvik isn't a licensed Java implementation so the irrelevance is irrelevant ;)

The original statement referred to the license to use a Java compatible API, not to be a Java licencee.

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