Schmidt Testifies Android Did Not Use Sun's IP

CWmike writes "Google built a 'clean room' version of Java and did not use Sun's intellectual property, Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, testified in court Tuesday. Schmidt said its use of Java in Android was 'legally correct.' On this day seven of the trial, Schmidt gave the jury a brief history of Java, describing its release as 'an almost religious moment.' He told the jury that Google had once hoped to partner with Sun to develop Android using Java, but that negotiations broke off because Google wanted Android to be open source, and Sun was unwilling to give up that much control over Java. Instead, Schmidt said, Google created the 'clean room' version of Java that didn't use Sun's protected code. Its engineers invented 'a completely different approach' to the way Java worked internally, Schmidt testified."

Re:Google did not develop Android to be open sourc

[binarylarry]

Where do you get the shit that you smoke?

We really need better names

[girlintraining]

We really need better names in this industry. I read the headline and immediately imagined a robot falling over and convulsing while saying "IP conflict.. conffflict... unaaaable to.. reboot," while a self-satisfied and positively glowing Sun glanced over the top of his laptop and started giggling quietly to himself. But it could just be the caffeine withdrawl too.

Re:FP!

[Anonymous Coward]

Pretty sure it's "fucking prat"

Re:Google did not develop Android to be open sourc

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

Because the Samsung clone of it isn't out yet.

Re:Google did not develop Android to be open sourc

[truedfx]

That's impossible. Where in heaven would Jobs have found a lawyer?

Re:Like Linux?

[TechyImmigrant]

As a contributor of code to IEEE documents, I always found it necessary to release the code to the public domain before I submitted it to the IEEE, so their unashamed copyright grab would not apply.

Re:Google did not develop Android to be open sourc

[Barefoot Monkey]

Oh come on, just saying a name is harmless. It's like Candlejack - I say "Candlejack" all the time, and nothing bad ever ha