Oh, by the way, anyone could look, use, and, yes, copy Java's code too. You see, Sun had open-sourced Java under the GPLv2 in November 2006. Sun wanted Google and anyone else to use and copy its code.

Google says Jib can turn any Java app into a space-efficient, optimized container image. Images are built in a declarative manner and there is no need to install Docker or write script-like ...

Google is replacing its implementation of the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK, the open source version of Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK). The news ...

Google’s “Java guru” took the stand in the infringement trial between Google and Oracle, where he admitted that he was “perfectly willing to believe” he may have accessed copyright Sun ...

In the Google vs Oracle appeal, a federal circuit court repealed the 2016 ruling that Google didn't owe Oracle anything for using Java in Android. Uh oh.

Oracle sued Google in August 2010 charging that Google's use of Java technology in Android violated 37 copyrights and several patents Oracle acquired when it bought Sun earlier that year.

Oracle's lawsuit against Google for Java patent infringement highlights how Android is going to become a big target in court. Written by Larry Dignan, Contributor Aug. 12, 2010, 9:41 p.m. PT ...

For Google, the thought was twofold: First, lots of developers already know Java very well, so they wouldn't have anything to re-learn when they were building Android apps.

The Java platform has “appeared rudderless for the last few years,” said Google’s chief Java architect, Josh Bloch, speaking Wednesday at the Red Hat Middleware 2020 virtual conference.

Software developers can breathe a massive sigh of relief — a jury found today that Google’s implementation of 37 Java APIs in Android qualified as fair use.