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> Copying the SSO allowed Google to greatly reduce the barrier to entry for Android by leveraging the enormous Java ecosystem.[1]

Google used Apache Harmony implementation of Java.

Why Oracle never sued Apache Foundation?

Sun did refuse to give the Apache Foundation access to the necessary test suites to certify the Harmony implementation.

Well, I'm sure that part of it is that Oracle committed to Harmony.

If anybody considering being contributing to 'open source' weighs that in an easy credit is just for others, at least me will reconsider.

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