Oracle seems to be doing more than just suing Google. It appears to me that Oracle has postured itself to call any *user* of Android to be an infringer of patent and copyright:
http://avaj-mavaj.blogspot.com/2010/09/accused.html Richard On Aug 13, 1:38 pm, François Masurel <fm2...@mably.com> wrote: > That's what I was asking to myself : what if Google simply > infringedOraclecopyrights by using Java specifications and namespaces ? Can > APIs be copyrighted ? > > If it's the case, what are the possible solutions beside paying > royalties toOracle? > > And then, why is the Wine project allowed to implement the Windows API > without retributing Microsoft (as far as I know) ? > > François > > On 13 août, 22:18, Fabrizio Giudici <fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> > wrote: > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:46 AM, DanH <danhi...@ieee.org > > > <mailto:danhi...@ieee.org>> wrote: > > > I do wish that Sun had fully opensourced and open licensed Java > > > like they were planning to several years back. I'm guessing the > > > plan was killed whenOraclebegan negotiating with them. > > > Java Standard Edition _is_ fully open sourced under the GPL+CPE > > license (Java Micro Edition is a different thing, but it's not related > > with Android). As fas as I understand, even though you open source a > > product, there's still the patent thing. Usually these are handled by > > having the license to grant users a perpetual right to use the > > technology guaranteeing that they won't be accused of breaking a > > patent. But this clearly applies only to people using the "plain" open > > Java made by Sun /Oracle. Back to the license thing, I suppose that > >Oraclemight refer to the Java specifications and namespaces (the > > java.* thing). Probably, even though Google has never claimed that > > Android is Java and their implementation doesn't derive from Sun, the > > weak point could be the fact that Android uses a subset of the runtime > > specifications and namespaces. > > > - -- > > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > > fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxlqJEACgkQeDweFqgUGxd7LQCgkq+uB04uYEOgtnRlDBpTuXIr > > oxwAn2pPRrHaRWHa6TkeU+/Mo+YdrRAQ > > =ZvTF > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE------ Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
