Although I don't think it was a standard when Oracle reimplemented it originally. Kind of like how Java is now open source and Google can use it but Oracle's l

Although I don't think it was a standard when Oracle reimplemented it originally. Kind of like how Java is now open source and Google can use it but Oracle's lawsuit is about what Google did before it was open source. But I'd guess there's some kind of statute of limitations or similar for infringement that old.