Sun didn't just license the rights to the Java IP, but as a supposed standard established by the JCP, a farce of a standardization body that never was. Google

Sun didn't just license the rights to the Java IP, but as a supposed standard established by the JCP, a farce of a standardization body that never was. Google probably had to use their implementation and J2ME was and still is a piece of shit. Yes it was about cost, but the cost would have been far greater then the licensing price ;-)