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In closing statements, Google's counsel reasserts that Google used Java APIs in a fair use manner for Android, transforming them into a full smartphone stack.
The jury in U.S. District Court found that Google made "fair use," under copyright law, of Java elements that help different software programs work together.
The fair use provision is notoriously vague, calling for an unspecified balance of four relatively indeterminate factors that the statute specifies. The strategy of the majority opinion is to explain ...
Google scored a major legal victory against Oracle on Thursday when a federal court jury ruled that the search giant was within its rights to use Java.
If you need Java, use this one instead My ZDNet colleague Ed Bott has exposed some icky practices at Oracle regarding their monetization of the end-user JRE install.
Java 7u10 seems to make things easier by providing users with a central and persistent option for controlling Web-based Java content regardless of how many browsers they use.
Oracle is seeking as much as $9.3 billion in damages in a long-running copyright lawsuit against Google over its use of Java in Android, court filings show.
Stewart responded that Google’s use of the code in Android is not transformative because “the code is performing exactly the same function that it performed on Java.” A parallel theme in the second ...
Oracle is seeking as much as $9.3 billion in damages in a long-running copyright lawsuit against Google over its use of Java in Android, court filings show.