The dependence of Java in Android world is high. This is one of the most used components and without it the operating system of Google can not function properly.
In an attempt to get what it perceives as rightfully his, Oracle returned to the courts, presenting new evidence the misuse that Android is Java.
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The Oracle, a company that owns and develops Java, has for many years court cases against Google. The new information that the company has now presented in court allege that all Android versions are using wrongly and improperly Java APIs without the permission of Oracle.
According to Oracle, it is not only the Froyo version (2.2) of Android that is improperly and without authorization to use the API’s Java, but all these versions of Google operating system, or the gingerbread (2.3) Honeycomb (3.0), Ice Cream Sandwich ( 4.0), Jelly Bean (4.1), KitKat (4.4) and Lollipop (5.0).
The legal battle has already lasted several years, always with Google to get gain some margin to continue to use Java without having to pay any amount to Oracle.
Oracle’s claims are far more intense and the company wants to see their part in the success of Android. Google and Android make use of Java APIs, claiming that these are in the public domain and are essential for communication with systems and software, and can not have any patent registrations and associated intellectual property rights.
If initially the opinions of the courts, which gave it for granted that the APIs can not have any associated rights, were going towards the pretensions Google, which wants to open Java, there have been recent changes who now give reason to Oracle and allow there is a legal control over the use of these APIs.
The add the issue of the use of the Java APIs , Oracle is still on the table charges of using code protected copyright.
For Oracle is still third point that Google is harm the company. The success of Android, which is all too evident in recent years and now exceeds the world of smartphones, is able to overshadow the Java itself, relegating it to the background and taking it the visibility it deserves.
This is a battle that will continue to unfold in the courts and that is unlikely to have a short and quick solution.
If in most cases Android problems are related to patent issues and its use without the proper permits or payments to the holders, in the case of Java the question is less technical and more legal venue.
It is true that Android Java depends on to function and this can hardly be replaced, but Google will not let your operating system is damaged with these issues.
On the side of Oracle, the company you only want to access it perceives as rightfully his, Java fruit to be used as a basis to Android.
Can the Android survive without Java or will Google to pay to Oracle to use?
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