“In 2010, Google took over 11,500 lines of Java software code developed by Oracle-owned Sun Company. “
No they didn’t.
My understanding is they just swiped the APIs and the battle is whether that was protectable or not. There might also be some debate over whether Sun acted to defend it or licensed it too permissibly. I haven’t paid close attention. I loathe Android and so many things Google but we cannot pretend Oracle necessarily is in the right here. I don’t get too much in the details due to apathy. Who can forget the SCO vs Linux mess which really was about source code claims?
Elaborate?
Yep. This article is all about hating..not the facts. See groklaw.net history to know what the lawsuit was really about. Copying an API is required to be compatible. The software industry is DOOMED if this left to stand! Imagine if AMD couldn’t build processors that ran Intel x86 code? That would be a monopoly... The x86 instructions are a good model for what we are talking about. Also note ...it was the 9th circus that messed this up! Why do you assume they finally got it right?