Nope not the same thing at the legal level, but for 99% of Android developers who operate at the technical level, the difference debate is rather moot. And no doubt Google befitted greatly from hindsight, making sure not to make the same rather clumsy moves Microsoft did (i.e. never referring to it as Java). C# and Android are essentially the same manifestation: Embrace an existing thriving community while being stewards of their own fate. It worked well for Microsoft, it will work well for Google - the difference is Microsoft payed Sun while Google will pay Oracle.
On Feb 6, 6:20 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > Microsoft and Sun came to an agreement, contracts were signed. Sun sued > microsoft based on two things: > > (A) Trademark law. Microsoft was calling something 'java' which wasn't up to > spec. > > (B) Breach of contract. > > Contrast this to Oracle v. Google, which is based on only one issue (the > copyright issue isn't in here, see next post): > > (A) Breach of some (ridiculously) broad patents, that appear to apply just > as much to for example firefox's jit javascript engine. > > Not at all the same thing. There are no contracts between google and > oracle/sun that are pertinent, and there's no breach of trademark law > either. -- 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.
