Comments on: Oracle Sues Google Over Android Code

By: Video: Virtualization Brings Android Apps to Non-Android Phones: Mobile Technology News «

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:16:13 +0000

[...] VM is clearly a positive, there’s potentially a negative aspect as well. Last October, Oracle sued Google over the Dalvik VM, claiming that Google’s implementation uses code stolen from Sun’s Java VM. Oracle [...]

By: Google Throws the Kitchen Sink at Oracle in Android Java Suit: Tech News «

Google Throws the Kitchen Sink at Oracle in Android Java Suit: Tech News « — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:57:18 +0000

[...] case began when Oracle sued Google over the Android operating system in August, saying the platform infringes on Java technology, which Oracle acquired when it [...]

By: Java Is Under Siege. Will Oracle Let It Burn?: Tech News «

Java Is Under Siege. Will Oracle Let It Burn?: Tech News « — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:01:22 +0000

[...] In fact, Oracle has also stirred a fair amount of ill-will within the open-source Java community by suing Google over this Android fork [...]

By: Android: Swimming With the Patent Sharks: Tech News «

Android: Swimming With the Patent Sharks: Tech News « — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:00:09 +0000

[...] most interesting of the Android patent lawsuits, however, is Oracle’s, in large part because it seems the least motivated by a desire to cripple Android. I’ve [...]

By: Google Seeks Dismissal of Oracle’s Android Patent Suit: Tech News «

Google Seeks Dismissal of Oracle’s Android Patent Suit: Tech News « — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:09:28 +0000

[...] this morning asked a court to dismiss Oracle’s patent suit alleging the Android operating system violates Oracle’s newly acquired patents and copyrights [...]

By: Should Android be Startups’ First Choice? «

Should Android be Startups’ First Choice? « — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:46:50 +0000

[...] a lot of money to be made). Yes, despite the uncoolness of its Java approach, or even the Oracle lawsuit-inspired cloud hovering over [...]

By: Sued by Oracle, Google Shuns JavaONE

Sued by Oracle, Google Shuns JavaONE — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:29:57 +0000

[...] Oracle’s decision to sue Google for patent and copyright infringement over some of the Java code in Google’s Android OS [...]

By: medlaw

medlaw — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:39:10 +0000

Additional point on SP’s comment about Google developing their own language. If I understand the situation correctly, Dalvik was intended by Google as an end-around Sun’s licensing restrictions on Java ME. Developers code Android apps in Java, which is then translated by Dalvik. Android doesn’t directly run java, but rather translates it to something else then runs it. I’m sure Google will contend this work around does not violate Sun’s patents. If Google wins that legal battle, game over for Oracle / Sun. If they lose, I think SP’s point about another language is the only way out. Google will have to mobilize an open source army to write a new java-like language that is truly write once, run anywhere AND completely open source. Then all the poor developers will have to convert their applications to the new language. Google will also have to pay a big chunk of money to Oracle as damages for all the Android devices already on the market. While this lawsuit drags out, the development community for Android is suppressed. The big winner–Apple.

By: dave lewis

dave lewis — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:05:24 +0000

Android is NOT Linux. Let me explain.

All Android apps and games run inside a crippled version of JVM that requires a crippled private fork of the Linux kernel.
Android offers NO benefit to the broader Linux ecosystem as a result of above actions. Dalvik VM can’t be ported to the mainline standard Linux kernel and with this patent infringement nobody would touch it with a 10 foot pole.
Android is not Open Source due to stolen patents and Google’s proprietary apps.

By: Oracle Sues Google For Patent And Copyright Infringement « Jeremy's Blog

Oracle Sues Google For Patent And Copyright Infringement « Jeremy's Blog — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:13:18 +0000

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