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Re: [LUG] Oracle and Google's Android copyright row trial begins

 

On 16/04/12 10:37, Roland Tarver wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17705873

"Oracle's claim that Google violated several of its patents and copyrights goes to trial in a San Francisco court on Monday.

It is one of the biggest such tech lawsuits to date. Oracle is claiming about $1bn (£630m) in compensation.

The Java developer claims Google's Android system infringes intellectual property rights relating to the programming language." ......

Hmmm could this end badly for floss?

Either way, it seems a huge and expensive effort. I would be very interested to see which is the greatest; money spent on software development or money spent of software legal fees!?

roly :-(

And don’t forget to check out www.groklaw.net for ongoing commentary and lunacy. Wish we had a law site like that in this country...
Tom te tom te tom

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