[ubuntu-uk] Oracle sues Google over Java

[Bruce Beardall]

You're right, of course, Alan but perhaps this lawsuit will test that very
principle?



On 13 August 2010 11:34, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
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