Google endorses open - source action around Android , but look like their developer “ take over ” a little too much from Sun ’s Java code . Oracle , Sun ’s possessor , isalready suing Googlefor seven infringed patent , but this adds further weight to their claim . Updated .
https://gizmodo.com/oracle-files-lawsuit-against-google-for-patent-and-copy-5611746
Florian Mueller fromFOSSpatentsmade the find when prod around in Android ’s computer code that six files in Android 2.2 and 3.0 were lifted from the Java source code , along with 37 file that had “ proprietary / confidential ” on them .
No doubt Oracle owes Mueller now , who says “ it seems to me that Oracle has not even presented the lead of the crisphead lettuce in its amended charge , ” and went on to add “ a copyright infringement is a copyright infringement , and if Google publishes code under a licence for which it was never made available by its rightful possessor , that ’s a serious legal problem . ” [ FOSSpatentsviaElectronista ]
update : ZDNet has been dig around themselves , and find that actually , Florian is all incorrect . Move along now , nothing to see here …
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