Former Google Developer Says He Took Some Java Code Out of Android
Google staff architect testifies that he removed part of the Java code from Android shortly after Oracle filed its lawsuit in 2010. The reason: Software projects are always being updated.
The Oracle v. Google lawsuit in federal court over Google's alleged illegal use of parts of the Java code base in the Android mobile device operating system has taken a couple of curious turns.
Turn No. 1: Former Google software architect Dan Bornstein, who helped create Android, testified April 25 that he took some components of the Sun-developed Java code out of the configuration shortly after Oracle filed its lawsuit in 2010 -- only months after acquiring Sun in January of that year.
Turn No. 2: The presiding judge, William Alsup, will need to decide whether or not it is proper that his court reinstitute a now-invalid Java patent. This one could play a key role in whether Java application programming interfaces (APIs) are declared part of the open source Java package or separate and sacrosanct from free use.
Turn No. 1: Former Google software architect Dan Bornstein, who helped create Android, testified April 25 that he took some components of the Sun-developed Java code out of the configuration shortly after Oracle filed its lawsuit in 2010 -- only months after acquiring Sun in January of that year.
Turn No. 2: The presiding judge, William Alsup, will need to decide whether or not it is proper that his court reinstitute a now-invalid Java patent. This one could play a key role in whether Java application programming interfaces (APIs) are declared part of the open source Java package or separate and sacrosanct from free use.
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