Oracle’s decision to sue Google for infringing its patents and copyright on Java in Android has certainly stirred up a hornets’ nest of commentary and analysis on the internet today, but it surely’s only just now that we’ve received Google’s official statement, within which the quest giant calls the suit ” baseless” and vows to ” defend open-source standards.” Them’s fightin’ words — and considering the Dalvik virtual machine at the guts of the Android OS is the center piece of this dispute, we wouldn’t expect either side to go into reverse quietly here. Get ready for years of litigation, friends. Here’s Google’s full statement:
We are disappointed Oracle has chosen to attack both Google and the open-source Java community with this baseless lawsuit. The open-source Java community goes beyond anybody corporation and works day after day to make the internet a stronger place. We’re going to strongly defend open-source standards and should continue to work with the industry to develop the Android platform.
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