While Google Android smartphone sales may have passed the iPhone worldwide in the second quarter of 2010, it doesn’t take an Oracle to see that there’s trouble ahead for the company whose unofficial motto is “Do no evil.”. Google Inc. is being sued by Oracle Corp. because Oracle’s Java copyright was violated with the Android OS, reports the Wall Street Journal. . Oracle acquired Sun, the company that invented the Java programming language, in January 2010. The Android Smartphone as well as hundreds of other electronic devices use Java.
Oracle sues to get damages fixed
WSJ explains the Oracle lawsuit would like “unspecific damages and an injunction against ‘continued acts of infringement’ by Google.” Sun usually would authorize use of these licenses, which is why everybody assumed Google was allowed to use free open-source Java licenses, although Google hasn’t officially responded to the public. However, no licensing deal between Oracle and Google had been officially announced. If the California court decides to grant the injunction, developers would be barred from creating applications for Android OS when any and all Android shipments would cease.
Keeping intellectual property safe
While Sun’s business practices centered on a healthy respect for open-source software and free exchange of ideas, Oracle “takes a lot more care in terms of safeguarding its IP, and Java is one of the crown jewels of the Sun acquisition,” tech analyst Ray Wang told the Journal. PC World thinks the Oracle is scared because if its tax evasion which is why it needs its IP. .
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PC World
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Wall Street Journal
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“Trade the Trend” report on the Oracle-Google lawsuit
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