Thread: Oracle sues Google over Java patent infringement in Android
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Milhouse is offline Milhouse
2010-08-13 , 20:25
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Originally Posted by Rauha View Post
They allready figured that one out. Pretty much all phones include Java support and license fees for it.

Dalvik is big threat to that.
I guess the point Oracle are making is that Google are using Java technology in the Dalvik VM (not just implementing an already patented idea, but wholesale copying of code and documentation), but haven't licensed Java as everybody else does.

Which is a bit like Apple using GSM technology and patents, without paying for it.

The relationship between SUN and Google was a close one, and SUN appear to have turned a blind eye to what Google were doing, whereas the relationship between Larry Ellison (former Apple board member) and Steve Jobs is even closer, and now Oracle are going after Apples biggest competitor, Google.

I'm sure Steve Jobs is very happy.
Last edited by Milhouse; 2010-08-13 at 20:27.
 

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