[ubuntu-uk] Oracle sues Google over Java

[Alan Pope]

On 13 August 2010 11:27, Bruce Beardall <bruce72 at gmail.com> wrote:
> For those who don't already know, Oracle has decided to sue Google for using
> Java, somehow missing the whole "Java is Open Source" idea. Is this what
> Oracle had in mind when buying Sun? An IP cash cow?
>

Just because Java is (now) under a free-er license doesn't negate the
patents that have been built up over the years by Sun and are now
owned by Oracle.

Very sad.

Cheers,
Al.