don't forget about loss of opportunity.. JD
On 8/15/10, BoD <b...@jraf.org> wrote: > Actually, it's about patents *and* copyrights. > > BoD > > On Aug 15, 1:49 am, Christian Catchpole <christ...@catchpole.net> > wrote: >> Well, they aren't arguing trademark issues. They are arguing >> patents. Compare the situation to the patent holders of MPEG codecs. >> They don't want or encourage anyone to implement of of their "patents" >> without license fees. That's not what Sun did. >> >> Android only ever said "Java source code". >> >> On Aug 15, 9:43 am, jitesh dundas <jbdun...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > FUnny..But the point is.. >> >> > Google is trying to sort of use GWT as a kind of JRE or mybe JDK >> > technology..reshaping the package ,tweak it and then promote it >> > in its own brand..oracle would hate this and of course larry can be >> > assured to pounce on this.. >> > i m not surprised by these events - a little confused why OSS is being >> > dragged into this.. >> >> > regards, >> > jd >> >> > On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Christian Catchpole >> >> > <christ...@catchpole.net> wrote: >> > > Could you argue that Open Sourcing technology that is protected by >> > > patents is a form of entrapment? Sun did this, and Oracle may not >> > > have done the same but that's what they purchased. >> >> > > "Your Honour. We attempted to protect our patent by encourage people >> > > to download the source, modify it and redistribute it. How were we >> > > expected to know they might actually do it?" >> >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > > Groups "The Java Posse" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > > For more options, visit this group >> > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
