Follow-Up: No Infringing Oracle Code Shipping in Android or Source Code
Following up on yesterday’s initial report that claimed that Google was shipping Android source code with proprietary and confidential code taken from Sun’s (now Oracle’s) Java Wireless Toolkit, new investigations have determined that the files in question are meant for developers to debug code prior to shipping and were provided by Sun for that explicit […]
Proprietary Oracle Code Found in Android Source Code
Noted developer Florian Mueller has claimed discovery of new evidence which he believes may turn the tide against Google in the ongoing litigation between Oracle surrounding Android and its implementation of Java. In 47 pages and six total files, 38 copyright notices and lines of directly copied code have been found within Android source code […]
Oracle Sues Google Over Java in Android
Oracle has filed suit against Google for what it claims are violations of select patents concerning the Java runtime. The software solutions developer recently completed the acquisition of Java developer Sun Microsystems earlier this year. The violations in question center on seven specific patents held by Oracle that it claims Google has violated along with […]
Oracle and Qualcomm Announce Java Wireless Client Integration into BREW MP
In a press release this morning, Oracle and Qualcomm have announced the integration of the Java Wireless Client into Qualcomm’s BREW Mobile Platform, allowing for the development and deployment of Java ME based applications and services across Qualcomm’s new operating system. With this development, Qualcomm is taking further steps to open the formerly closed BREW […]