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Going further than that, given Google hired a number of staff that had worked on the Java implementation at Sun, and given that the head of Google was present a
by webmink 16y ago
Going further than that, given Google hired a number of staff that had worked on the Java implementation at Sun, and given that the head of Google was present at Sun as the Java patent-and-copyright trap was being constructed, it seems inconceivable to me that Dalvik would have been permitted to violate Sun's patents.
- sogrady 16y agoIn a rational world and under a reasonable patent system, I might agree. But you know as well as I do, Simon, probably better, that under the current process it's difficult to guarantee that you're not violating anyone's patents. Particularly when you're reimplementing an existing system. Is it possible that Oracle's patents don't read on Dalvik? Certainly. Did Google take care to minimize the risk of such? I'm sure they did. But however careful the execution, the system at present is would be actively working against them.