Oracle unleashes Java lawsuit on Google

If Oracle wins - there simply is no stopping them.

Java is in everything - nearly.

I now feel like unloading anything Oracle on my computer. Real shame about the VM - no doubt that too will be destroyed by Oracle :(

By nicomo on 13 Aug 2010

"All software downloads are free, and most come with a Developer License that allows you to use full versions of the products at no charge while developing and prototyping your applications, or for strictly self-educational purposes. You can buy products with full-use licenses at any time from the online Store or from your sales representative."

A quick fix might be to use the word Beta in all droid releases - as this means they are not finished products and therefore do not require a full-use licence?


I know fat chance!

By nicomo on 13 Aug 2010

MatBailie

I love the fact that so many people expect everything to be free now days.

Oracle haven't changed the terms and conditions retrospectively, they're simply enforcing them more aggresively than Sun did. Google appear to have breached the licence terms and conditions; they chose to get for free what they would Easily have been able to pay for. And had they paid Sun like they should have done, maybe that would have helped protect Sun from the buy out?

If the case is proven, blame Google not Oracle.

By matbailie on 13 Aug 2010

Always worth reading

http://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/
good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal/

By luca_leonardi on 13 Aug 2010

Oracle "Netbooks based on Java"

In June 2009 you ran an article inidcating Larry Ellison's ambitions for Java on portable devices. Android eats that lunch, so it's hardly surprising that Goolge is a big target for Oracle. The same article emphasised the word aggressive and that is what we are now seeing.

By milliganp on 16 Aug 2010

Patents and Royalties

The one bit I don't fully understand about this suit is that paent royalties are usually collected from sales revenue. I obviously don't know what commercial terms exist between Google and the handset manufacturers to determine liability. Microsoft, by comparison, has gone after the handset manufacturers and most of these have existing licences with Oracle for Java on other handset devices.

By milliganp on 16 Aug 2010

"Google knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle's Java-related intellectual property"

No it didn't, it was Sun's IP at the time and they were obviously fine with it.

By peterm2k on 19 Aug 2010