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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, April 22 2012 @ 01:21 PM EDT |
My descriptions was correct.
Oracle is not suing over Dalvik because I guess their
lawyers figured that they can't - that's all. Oracle is
suing Google because they want to sue Google. Why? Well, I
guess they think think they could exploit Android's
popularity to get a foothold in the mobile market, and they
figure they're justified in doing so because Google
exploited Java's popularity when picking an SDK for Andorid.
Like I said, I realize that a specific ruling on issues like
API copyrightability will have an impact beyond the current
dispute. Yet, if you want to take a stand beyond the purely
legal argument, as you seem to be doing, you should realize
that Oracle did not wake up one day and said, "OMG, Google
has copied our copyrighted APIs! Let's sue them!". What
happened, I can assume, is that Oracle said, "Google are
using Java to build a very successful mobile platform, and
somehow managed to bypass our explicit attempts at legally
restricting precisely that - using Java in mobile devices
without buying a license from us. Now let's try to find some
legal means to fight them in court."
So they came up with some patents and some copyright issues.
Maybe their chosen legal tools are weak, and maybe they have
the potential to cause some harm, but Oracle's intent, their
goal, isn't to set a legal precedent over the issue of API
copyright. This may only be an undesired side-effect. Their
intent is to make Google pay (or reach some other agreement)
for what they've done with Android.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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