Actually, it's about patents *and* copyrights. BoD
On Aug 15, 1:49 am, Christian Catchpole <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, they aren't arguing trademark issues. They are arguing > patents. Compare the situation to the patent holders of MPEG codecs. > They don't want or encourage anyone to implement of of their "patents" > without license fees. That's not what Sun did. > > Android only ever said "Java source code". > > On Aug 15, 9:43 am, jitesh dundas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > FUnny..But the point is.. > > > Google is trying to sort of use GWT as a kind of JRE or mybe JDK > > technology..reshaping the package ,tweak it and then promote it > > in its own brand..oracle would hate this and of course larry can be > > assured to pounce on this.. > > i m not surprised by these events - a little confused why OSS is being > > dragged into this.. > > > regards, > > jd > > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Christian Catchpole > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Could you argue that Open Sourcing technology that is protected by > > > patents is a form of entrapment? Sun did this, and Oracle may not > > > have done the same but that's what they purchased. > > > > "Your Honour. We attempted to protect our patent by encourage people > > > to download the source, modify it and redistribute it. How were we > > > expected to know they might actually do it?" > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "The Java Posse" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
