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Does anyone have an idea what is really going on? I've heard people say that Google actually copied the API structure (which is copyright-able) but I've also h
by Matt3o12_ 10y ago
Does anyone have an idea what is really going on?
I've heard people say that Google actually copied the API structure (which is copyright-able) but I've also heard that this lawsuit was actually about Google using a wrong (or missing license). And I've heard that Google also manipulated the developer community by only propagating "we only copied 7 lines of code" and big evil oracle sues us.
From what I know Google used Java's API structure but did not include a license. They could have paid oracle for a license to use it conmercially or they could have used the GPL from OpenSDK and be bound to its restrictions. What they did instead was not to include a license at all, because try did not want to pay oracle but also did not want to be bound by the GPL (which might complicate things with phone manufacturers that change the code).
Could anyone tell me what the fuck this lawsuit is actually about?
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