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The answer is, it's fair use if you are trying to be compatible - DR-DOS could be considered a fair use copy of the MS-DOS APIs, because that's the only way to
by cwyers 11y ago
The answer is, it's fair use if you are trying to be compatible - DR-DOS could be considered a fair use copy of the MS-DOS APIs, because that's the only way to run DOS programs. But ordinary Java programs don't run on Android and Android programs don't run on the JVM. So Google lacks a fair use defense as far as I can tell.
- saurik 11y agoI am sorry to see your comment was downvoted, as it is quite correct: if you read the actual court documents, this is the argument that was made surrounding fair use, and despite their attempts to lie and say they were, Google could not be shown to be trying to build a compatible product (as it is pretty obvious even to non-technical people that they aren't and never intended to even try). Back when this was first being published I wrote a much longer comment pointing out all of the intricacies and quoting the court opinion. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7723853 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7723853