This has been asked for a long time [1]. One view is that they wouldn't pass it, because, in their (lawyers') own words: Although software applications for th

This has been asked for a long time [1]. One view is that they wouldn't pass it, because, in their (lawyers') own words: Although software applications for the Android platform may be written in the Java programming language, the Dalvik bytecode is distinct and different from Java bytecode. The Dalvik VM is not a Java VM. [2] At various points in time, certain key Google employees contemplated whether they should or shouldn't [3]. [1] http://groklaw.net/article.php?story=20101028111354436 http://groklaw.net/article.php?story=20101028111354436 [2] http://groklaw.net/article.php?story=20101005114201136 http://groklaw.net/article.php?story=20101005114201136 [3] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/04/googler-who-said-we-need-a-license-for-java-says-he-didnt-really-mean-it/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/04/googler-who-said...