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Google Says 3rd Parties Would Be Liable For Java Infringement

Posted by timothy on from the that-guy-did-it dept.

angry tapir writes "Third parties, not Google, would be liable for any Java copyright violations in the Android mobile OS, according to a filing Google made in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Oracle sued Google in August over a number of alleged Java patent and copyright violations in Android."

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  1. Re:Perhaps but this will kill Java for sure by terjeber · · Score: 0, Troll

    BZZZT! Wrong. It is Google who is destroying Java with their move, not Oracle. Java is a platform with certain characteristics, and Google is undermining these in a massive way. This is exactly what Microsoft tried to do, and Sun sensibly sued their asses for it. Why should they allow Google to splinter Java when they would not allow Microsoft to do so? Is Google some sort of Holy Pig that can destroy whatever they want to without anyone in the "community" standing up to them?