Oracle's files are based on the tzinfo files, and are just as vulnerable. If anything, more so because Oracle has a lot more money than the tzinfo maintainers.
No, this is about write-once-run-anywhere compatibility as the other responses say.
(Incidentally, it was a copyright claim, not a patent claim, but in this regard they work the same way.)
> Oracle's files are based on the tzinfo files, and are just as vulnerable. If anything, more so because Oracle has a lot more money than the tzinfo maintainers.
Oracle's got enough cheddar to take it to court or settle out-of-court like their business depends on it.
No, this is about write-once-run-anywhere compatibility as the other responses say.
(Incidentally, it was a copyright claim, not a patent claim, but in this regard they work the same way.)