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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. Troll by rebot777 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Troll

  2. Re:Flame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Godwin

    Discussion over

  3. Google throwing everybody under the bus... by RocketRabbit · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is extremely revealing. Not only is google content to throw its customers (!?! depending on how they used Android) under the bus, but it is almost a tacit admission that they knew their Dalvik name swap trick won't work.

  4. Re:But outside the US? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What a shocker, Groklaw takes the position everyone wants to hear.

  5. This is about Google felons and not law by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is all about suing Google as they deserve that and much more. Google is the biggest plagiarising entity on the planet who has no tolerance for the privacy and copyright of others. Their advertising and search results are dishonest and their billing is nothing more than extortion. They'll be gone soon!

  6. 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?