Oracle asks Apache to reconsider Java committee departure

The foundation was as well irked by FOU restrictions Oracle places on the Java Innovation Compatibility Kit, which the ASF uses to test compliance of its own Apache Harmony open-source Java run-time against the Java standard. The restrictions block the open source Harmony's use on mobile platforms.

"Without Oracle removing the FOU and in doing so abiding by the [Java Specification Participation Agreement], there is nothing as a matter of fact to talk about. If they want to truly restart communications, and the ASF would be more than open to it, at that time remove the FOU," he wrote.

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