If I recall correctly, Microsoft licensed java and Sun sued them for violating the terms of the license. Google never had a license; they were sued for violatin

If I recall correctly, Microsoft licensed java and Sun sued them for violating the terms of the license. Google never had a license; they were sued for violating copyright. Neither lawsuit determined that embrace/extend/extinguish is illegal/unethical/immoral; they were concerned with the means, not the ends.