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This article from 2007 might be of interest: "How Google routed around Sun's IP-based licensing restrictions on Java ME": http://www.betaversion.org/~stefano/l

• superjared 16y ago
  Another interesting tidbit from the article you linked: The trick is that Google doesn’t claim that Android is a Java platform, although it can run some programs written with the Java language and against some derived version of the Java class library. Sun could prevent this if they had a patent on the standard class library, but they don’t and, even if they did, I strongly doubt it would be enforceable since Android doesn’t claim to be compatible (and in fact, could very well claim that their subset/superset is an innovation on the existing patent and challenge Sun’s position).
  • wmf 16y ago
    If by "interesting" you mean "totally misunderstands patent law". What Google claims is irrelevant; either they use Oracle's patented techniques or they don't.
    • mooneater 16y ago
      If only patent suits were so cut-and-dry.
    • brettnak 16y ago
      In software, it's really easy to not know if you're violating IP.