Download the Tom's Hardware App from the App Store
The reference for current tech news
Yes No
Ads

Google Copied Even More From Oracle for Android

by - source: Tom's Hardware US

That's doesn't look very good for Google.

Google is already under fire from Oracle after accusations that it stole some of Sun's Java code for use in Android, and now there's some new evidence of even more stolen material that Google's used in Froyo and Gingerbread.

Florian Mueller wrote in great detail on the FOSS Patents blog that he found six more files in Android that show direct copying from Java. Furthermore, he also found 37 files marked as "PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL" by Sun and a copyright notice file that says: "DO NOT DISTRIBUTE!"

In August of 2010, Oracle sued Google over the patent infringements made by Android.

"In developing Android, Google knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle's Java-related intellectual property," said Oracle spokesperson Karen Tillman. "This lawsuit seeks appropriate remedies for their infringement."

New evidence uncovered by Mueller give Oracle even more firepower against Google.

Share:
38
Comments
X
Submit

Comments
Add your comment
dogman_1234 01/24/2011 8:38 AM
Hide
--2+

Haha...

IzzyCraft 01/24/2011 8:40 AM
Show
alikum 01/24/2011 9:00 AM
Hide
--1+

Well .... it's open source, is it not?

digitalvampire 01/24/2011 9:15 AM
Hide
--3+

It is still beyond me why ANYONE would base ANYTHING on the joke that is Java. Google developers should know better, and especially for an embedded product.

fleeb 01/24/2011 9:36 AM
Hide
-5+
Anonymous 01/24/2011 10:00 AM
Show
alonk 01/24/2011 10:03 AM
Hide
-5+

Wow, this is terrible reporting if the article by Ars is closer to the truth. http://arstechnica.com/open-source [...] ng-gun.ars

joe attorney 01/24/2011 10:29 AM
Hide
-2+

Who Do I Sue First ?

Anonymous 01/24/2011 12:45 PM
Hide
-8+

Marcus Yam the creator of this article.. you really might want to look for a new day job. This article broke light last week and IS NOT TRUE. Funny your great reporting skills seem to have forgotten the right story and just went with the speculation that came first. This is the first time I have seen this site tomshardware, but based on there writers I will never be here again..

enzo matrix 01/24/2011 1:18 PM
Hide
-8+

Fail false article.

goonigoogoo 01/24/2011 1:47 PM
Hide
--1+

fleeb :
Uhmmm, this article is a little bit late.http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette [...] droid/2162and alsohttp://arstechnica.com/open-source [...] ng-gun.ars



Agreed.

Java is a joke, Oracle ... move on, no one cares about what you do.

goonigoogoo 01/24/2011 1:48 PM
Hide
--1+

Woops i wanted to quote digitalvampire :)

hardcore_gamer 01/24/2011 2:04 PM
Hide
--1+

Please fix the thumbs up button :(

millerm84 01/24/2011 2:48 PM
Hide
-1+

fleeb :
Uhmmm, this article is a little bit late.http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette [...] droid/2162and alsohttp://arstechnica.com/open-source [...] ng-gun.ars


alonk :
Wow, this is terrible reporting if the article by Ars is closer to the truth. http://arstechnica.com/open-source [...] ng-gun.ars




The Ars story is way more in depth and makes it appear that google can make this go away with a patch to delete the offending files with no damage to Froyo or Gingerbread. However it got there just sloppy from google, they may want some more QA testing with the code from now on.

thejerk 01/24/2011 2:49 PM
Hide
--1+

Quote :That's doesn't look very good for Google.



English much?

This posts is dildos.

myriad46 01/24/2011 3:35 PM
Hide
-5+
bebangs 01/24/2011 3:43 PM
Hide
-0+

Old news. I've read the opposite today from the news.
other sources are from links above.

long2know 01/24/2011 3:56 PM
Hide
--1+

Late story... and poorly chosen title, as usual.

belardo 01/24/2011 6:23 PM
Hide
--3+

And we wonder how FOX and TeaBaggers get all their info....

Hmmmm.

xerroz 01/24/2011 7:49 PM
Hide
--2+

i hope Oracle wins and google goes to the ground

milktea 01/24/2011 8:04 PM
Hide
--1+

Why don't Google just buy up Oracle, so they could just shut up.

lukeiamyourfather 01/24/2011 8:05 PM
Hide
-0+

alikum :
Well .... it's open source, is it not?



Things are more complicated than that. Just because something is open source doesn't mean anyone can use any piece of it for any purpose, there are licenses and intellectual property agreements that go along with most open source software.

lukeiamyourfather 01/24/2011 8:10 PM
Hide
-0+

milktea :
Why don't Google just buy up Oracle, so they could just shut up.



Reality check. Oracle is larger both in assets and in employees compared to Google. Don't get me wrong, I dislike Oracle and love my Android phone. Just sayin'...

azcoyote 01/24/2011 8:48 PM
Hide
-1+

What a crock...
A set of files in a sample/test in a 3rd party tool that was accidentally uploaded. They get asked to remove it, no harm no foul.
Not this big theft that everyone is selling

yao 01/24/2011 9:15 PM
Hide
--1+

those lazy programmers didn't even bother to rewrite the code..

boltimuss 01/24/2011 9:23 PM
Hide
--1+

hey someone give this a thumbs down post, and see if the phantom rater strikes ...

stm1185 01/24/2011 9:38 PM
Hide
-0+

and somewhere in a dark alley another patent attorney cackles manically and dreams of more money to be made from creating nothing!

nebun 01/24/2011 9:53 PM
Hide
-1+

hardcore_gamer :
Please fix the thumbs up button


it works, have you tried to use it?

nebun 01/24/2011 9:55 PM
Hide
--1+

nebun :
it works, have you tried to use it?


well it worked last week, lol

otacon72 01/24/2011 10:24 PM
Hide
-0+

Belardo :
And we wonder how FOX and TeaBaggers get all their info....Hmmmm.



HAHA bringing politics into this forum is pathetic! what a joke.

seboj 01/24/2011 10:37 PM
Hide
-0+

Old news is not only old, it's wrong.


Ads

Best offers

Newsletters


OK
Ads