Oracle Claims Google 'Directly Copied' Our Java Code

itwbennett writes "On Wednesday, Oracle amended the lawsuit it filed against Google in August, saying that 'approximately one third of Android's Application Programmer Interface (API) packages' are 'derivative of Oracle's copyrighted Java API packages' and related documents. In particular, 'the infringed elements of Oracle America's copyrighted work include Java method and class names, definitions, organization, and parameters; the structure, organization and content of Java class libraries; and the content and organization of Java's documentation,' Oracle says. 'In at least several instances, Android computer program code also was directly copied from copyrighted Oracle America code,' Oracle alleges."

Comments

Re:Here we go again (SCO)

[ozmanjusri]

I wonder how much Microsoft is paying Oracle.

Re:Only if they are certified Java

[Lunix Nutcase]

Except that they have created a derivative of j2me which is not open source.

Re:Here we go again (SCO)

[freeshoes]

So you give up order of magnitudes in performance over the life of the running application, to save a few minutes compiling, or some disk space, for each build.

Re:Here we go again (SCO)

[freeshoes]

Idiot "Look I rewrote this in Java now everyone can download it and install it". Other: "Why is running so slow, also 99% of our users are on Windows, Linux or OSX, wouldn't it be easier to release 3 binaries?" Idiot: "Yeah but what if a new platform comes out?" Other: "But would there be a Java runtime?" Idiot: "Not right away, maybe in a few years" Other: "You're fired"

Re:Um, isn't java code GPL?

[Blakey Rat]

There's always Mono, if you could get the community to dial-down the frothing rage a bit.