On 13 August 2010 11:27, Bruce Beardall <bruc...@gmail.com> wrote: > For those who don't already know, Oracle has decided to sue Google for using > Java, somehow missing the whole "Java is Open Source" idea. Is this what > Oracle had in mind when buying Sun? An IP cash cow? >
Just because Java is (now) under a free-er license doesn't negate the patents that have been built up over the years by Sun and are now owned by Oracle. Very sad. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/