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Android doesn't use the GPL licence, so the GPL declaration doesn't apply. The GPLv2 even includes interfaces in its language.

The wrong decision here could definitely be reason to panic, but it won't be a GPLv2 problem.

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"Oracle's recent release of three new commercial extensions to the MySQL database has caused an outcry among some in the MySQL community. Some, including project founder Michael "Monty" Widenius, are concerned that Oracle, by moving to an "open core" model, will slowly move more and more of the database project to commercially licensed code—and to licensing terms that make it difficult for users to escape".

Question - This Google case, in the worst case, if Google were to lose... could a loss then be a building block for Oracle to be able to make a lot of IP that was open sourced, to be then controled strictly by Oracle?

So, who is evil?
Of course, Oracle is not, as they could be sued by stockholders IF they didn't follow this path.

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• Oracle's end game, might not be Android? MySQL proprietary -it's starting already see article. - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 03 2012 @ 01:09 PM EDT
• Oracle's end game, might not be Android? MySQL proprietary -it's starting already see article. - Authored by: jvillain on Thursday, May 03 2012 @ 01:59 PM EDT