Google Didn't Ship Relicensed Java Code After All

RedK writes "In a follow up to yesterday's news about Google apparently relicensing confidential Oracle code found in Java under the ASL, it seems that the blogger who initially reported the issue was plain wrong, as the files he indicated were in breach of Oracle's copyright do not actually ship with Android. Google has also deleted many of these files, which were mostly used as unit tests."

Comments

Re:I was *not* plain wrong -- unlike some 'rebutta

[FlorianMueller]

I believe people who try to just misuse mod points against me are real trolls and Slashdot should make sure that such people don't get mod points again too soon.

Re:I was *not* plain wrong -- unlike some 'rebutta

[FlorianMueller]

Happy to clarify. I was talking about misuse of mod points. The purpose of mod points is to rate posts by their content (as opposed to holding an overall popularity vote on the author). Rating a reasonable contribution to a discussion as a "troll" post constitutes misuse because it means an unjustified rating, with the effect that readers are less likely to get access to useful information. It's anti-social behavior because it adversely affects the quality of the information people are likely to see here.

You're right -they should NOT have relied on Java.

[bigtallmofo]

From any angle Android's Java reliance seams like a bad move.

Any sensible move would have had them developing to a more open platform like .NET.