27/05/2016
Oracle argued that Google stole its intellectual property, costing it billions of dollars in lost opportunity in the mobile phone market.
Google argued that its implementation of Java APIs fall under U.S. copyright laws for fair use, which permits limited use of copyrighted material without licensing for creative, educational, and other purposes.
My understanding is Oracle wanted Google to pay licensing fees, for a product freely able to be used by others.
Google made the argument that its use of a small portion of code was necessary to effectively use the open-source Java language. Oracle argued that a license was needed and that Android’s success made it impossible to license the code for use in other mobile operating systems.
I believe Java went open source around 2006-2007 with the OpenJDK.
Tim Buchalka
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/google-wins-trial-against-oracle-as-jury-finds-android-is-fair-use/?utm_content=educational&utm_campaign=2016-05-26&utm_source=email-sendgrid&utm_term=599932&utm_medium=326094
Oracle has spent many millions trying to get a chunk of Android, to no avail.
