Google Copied Even More From Oracle for Android
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.
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Haha...
This is exactly what will happen if google pushes their webM. You think copying that is hard not to do, it's very easy to cross video and picture patents.
Well .... it's open source, is it not?
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.
Uhmmm, this article is a little bit late.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette [...] droid/2162
and also
http://arstechnica.com/open-source [...] ng-gun.ars
Is that why you are hiring all those foreign Chinese Google?
Wow, this is terrible reporting if the article by Ars is closer to the truth. http://arstechnica.com/open-source [...] ng-gun.ars
Who Do I Sue First ?
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..
Fail false article.
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.
Woops i wanted to quote digitalvampire
Please fix the thumbs up button
Uhmmm, this article is a little bit late.http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette [...] droid/2162and alsohttp://arstechnica.com/open-source [...] ng-gun.ars
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.
English much?
This posts is dildos.
Get you facts straight, Tom's.
http://www.androidcentral.com/copi [...] -after-all
Old news. I've read the opposite today from the news.
other sources are from links above.
Late story... and poorly chosen title, as usual.
And we wonder how FOX and TeaBaggers get all their info....
Hmmmm.
i hope Oracle wins and google goes to the ground
Why don't Google just buy up Oracle, so they could just shut up.
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.
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'...
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
those lazy programmers didn't even bother to rewrite the code..
hey someone give this a thumbs down post, and see if the phantom rater strikes ...
and somewhere in a dark alley another patent attorney cackles manically and dreams of more money to be made from creating nothing!
Please fix the thumbs up button
it works, have you tried to use it?
it works, have you tried to use it?
well it worked last week, lol
And we wonder how FOX and TeaBaggers get all their info....Hmmmm.
HAHA bringing politics into this forum is pathetic! what a joke.
Old news is not only old, it's wrong.