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Google Goes With OpenJDK For Android
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larryloeb
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1/6/2016 | 9:46:00 AM
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@jries

That makes sense, but it still makes me wnder just what MSFT thinks it has in Android.

If it is enabling (Android wouldn't work without it) they could control the use of the system. They haven't done that.
jries921
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1/4/2016 | 2:41:34 PM
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No.  But for trolls, the focus is on entrapment and strategic use of the legal system to extract maximum profit.  Trolls *want* their patents violated so they can extract licensing fees after the fact.  Note that to this day, MS refuses to publicly disclose exactly which patents are at issue in Android, which makes sense only if it wants to turn code it neither developed nor paid for into a cash cow.  If that is true, the very last thing MS wants is for Google to either contest the patent claims or eliminate the allegedly infringing code.

 If MS were really interested in deterring infringement of its patents, this would not be the way to go about it.
rradina
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1/3/2016 | 8:49:10 PM
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Company's also license their patents to others.  Take ARM for instance.  By your book, anyone who does that is a troll?
jries921
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1/3/2016 | 4:01:52 PM
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The purpose of suing would be to stop the infringement.  Suing for profit is properly referred to as "trolling" and the negative connotations of the term are very much deserved.
larryloeb
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1/2/2016 | 9:49:58 AM
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If Oracle prevails on this one the entire software field will suffer.
Li Tan
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1/2/2016 | 1:45:59 AM
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The debating about licensing is always endless - as long as it can be. So choosing OpenJDK would a wise choice for Google and Oracle.
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1/1/2016 | 11:30:33 PM
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@rradina, I would say it an interesting approach by Microsoft... hope Joe will put his two cents in as I would love to hear his point of view... 
larryloeb
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1/1/2016 | 5:15:22 PM
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Yes, just so. Google did there own implementation of Java. Now the one used will be nonproprietary.
rradina
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1/1/2016 | 4:35:33 PM
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Android was already open source.  My understanding of this case is Google did not use any Oracle (Sun) API implementation.  They simply provided their own implementation of the Java run-time (i.e. Dalvik).  Google switching to the OpenJDK API shouldn't affect the quality or security of their product.  It's just a move to isolate future versions of Android and the diagreement they have with Oracle.
rradina
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1/1/2016 | 4:30:45 PM
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MS probably didn't sue Google because if they won, what price would they put on the infringement?  Instead, they decided to litigate the handset makers.  From a licensing perspective, that makes sense because handset makers know the quantity and revenue from those sales.  That makes it easy for MS to ask a couple bucks per device.  The handset maker agrees rather than lose a suit and possibly owe the entire profit they made on the device.
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