Read more.Google didn't advertise the use of Java or allow for cross-platform compatibility.
Read more.Google didn't advertise the use of Java or allow for cross-platform compatibility.
Well at least this makes it clear what a money grabbing exercise this is by oracle. Just hoping for a judge with half a brain...
Hmm, in "splitting hairs" mode I can't help thinking that perhaps Google does perhaps owe Oracle a small amount of money for the use of the (proprietary?) Java API's. That's not the same as needing a full Java license, which is what those greedy beggars in Oracle seem to be angling for.
Personally I would have thought US$100M more than adequate compensation/license for the use of the API's. Unfortunately with the appeals process I suspect that this one will rumble on for years.
Half a brain? Doesn't that make him/her over-qualified to sit in on this kind of case?
There's the rub though, Google didn't use Oracle's API's, they developed their own (apart from 9 lines of code that were inadvertently included by a programmer who used to work for SUN).
From what I've read on this case the Judge seems quite clued up on what's going on - the jury on the other hand...
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