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Source: M-CAM

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By ltcommanderdata on 10/25/2011 2:16:55 AM , Rating: 3
With Google knowing they'd give it away for free and make their money off the app sales and advertising; so they built Android off the works of others.

It's interesting you point that out because Google's attitude does seem something along those lines. In the Oracle vs. Google Java trial, the judge asked both parties to provide damage estimates to be paid to Oracle if Google ends up being found guilty of infringement. Oracle proposed an extremely high valuation that the judge threw out. What's notable was the damage estimate that Google proposed: zero. Google argued in court that since it gives away its OS for free, even if it copies other people's IP and is found guilty of infringement in court, it doesn't owe the victim anything. It feels advertisement revenue doesn't count. It's almost like Google believes that even though they lead Android development, as long as they give the OS away for free they can basically take anything from anyone and not have to pay anyone anything. Judge Alsup threw out that line of reasoning as "ridiculous" and "totally wrong".

Google maintains that Oracle deserves no damages.


"They're totally wrong on that," Alsup said.

