Not ignorance. Google showed evidence that it actually had Sun's *blessing* for its work on Android, everyone was excited about the potential for the Java ecosystem. This is a far cry from Sun being silent on the matter and Google just pressing ahead without even looking at licensing requirements.
On 24 May 2012 09:27, mP <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... >> > Without a finding against Google on the "fair use" issue, Oracle cannot >> recover the up to $1bn (£637m) in damages it was seeking. >> > The jury concluded that Google infringed on 37 copyrighted APIs but it >> also agreed that Google demonstrated that it was led to believe it did not >> need a license for using Java. >> >> > I was not aware ignorance was a valid defence and excuse. Thats a great > news for anyone wishing to experiment in criminal activities... > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "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.
