Comment by josefx
6 years ago
Googles Java implementation wasn't GPL licensed, so neither its implementation nor its interface could have been covered by the OpenJDK being GPLv2. I think RMS wouldn't sit by idly either if someone took GCC and forked it under the Apache license.
But Google didn't fork the OpenJDK; they forked Apache Harmony, which was already Apache-licensed.
So it's not comparable with GCC; but comparable to forking clang and keeping clang license. I doubt RMS could be able to say anything.