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Google Didn't Ship Relicensed Java Code After All

Posted by Soulskill on from the deeper-looks dept.

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."

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  1. Re:I was *not* plain wrong -- unlike some 'rebutta by FlorianMueller · · Score: -1, Troll

    You can be sure the damage award would not be zero even if nobody ever used it. Just the act of publishing it creates damage. And can you or anyone else prove that no one ever downloaded the file, relied on an Apache license header and consequently built it into something (Android or not)?

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

    Go worship, Stallman. Nitpicking OSS nerds... at least Google makes software that people actually want to use.

  3. Re:I was *not* plain wrong -- unlike some 'rebutta by FlorianMueller · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's not a "creative interpretation" to refer to android.git.kernel.org as Android. I will clarify this, with some additional information that may surprise some, on my blog soon.