Former Sun company CEO testifies Android no licensing issues

Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of former Sun Microsystems, testified in the case of Oracle and Google. Google lawyers asked whether the Java language was free and open, Schwartz answered from the beginning. He says Sun's interest is to sell the product, and if you use Java, sun can sell it to you, and if you use Windows, then Sun has nothing to sell you. The Java API is free to use. He played a metaphor to describe the API: two restaurants have "burgers" on the menu, although they both compete to sell better hamburgers, but on the menu they agree. Sun's strategy is to compete on a better Java implementation and agree on an open API. Using the Java API does not require licensing and licensing from Sun. A competitive Java implementation is Apache Harmony, which does not use Java's name, so Sun does nothing about it, but Apache Harmony further promotes the use of Java, and sun can still benefit from it. This address: Http://www.linuxprobe.com/android-no-authorization-problem

Former Sun company CEO testifies Android no licensing issues