Groklaw's post on this is up, and they'll continue coverage too. Joy! http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100813112425821
On Aug 15, 6:32 pm, jitesh dundas <[email protected]> wrote: > don't forget about loss of opportunity.. > > JD > > On 8/15/10, BoD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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. -- 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.
