I don't think anyone would disagree that going after Harmony really is an attack on Open Source.
Unless Oracle are seeking to take down the Patent system (highly unlikely) by demonstrating that it's too fragile to be allowed to continue, then I very much doubt that they will act against Apache. I may be wrong, but I seriously hope not, for all our sakes' On 8 September 2010 19:55, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]>wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 9/7/10 15:12 , BoD wrote: > >> Well, do you think that if you do something against me, you're > >> all the whole Italy? :-) > > > > No but my logic is if Oracle says something very broad like > > (voluntarily exaggerating for the sake of the argument) "only > > Oracle has the right to make a VM because we have the patent". Then > > Android has a VM. And the VM comes from the Apache Harmony open > > source project (I know this is not the case, just making a > > point!). The logical conclusion is that the code implemented by > > Apache is "illegal". > Harmony does not provide any VM. It provides the runtime libraries. > Apache Harmony is in the same bad fortune (that is, impossibility to > access the TCK in a way that Apache considers convenient) as it was > under Sun. > > Then, the lawsuit included also some copyright issues and these might > involve Harmony as well, but until we don't know something more, > there's not much we can infer. > > BTW, do somebody knows whether the agenda for the trial has been > already set? > > - -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkyH3DwACgkQeDweFqgUGxflFwCdELAmXhv0LXGyfH5kQbVw+9QV > HXkAoIYPlDe2/txh5xCDC+bD9Db9jhVZ > =fKRy > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- 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.
