Oracle calls dibs on the Java APIs, even if Java itself is open. If the court agrees, it'll be bad news for developers everywhere.

Google has won a legal battle with Oracle over the use of Java software in Google's Android operating system. Oracle, which owns Java, argued that Google had infringed its copyright and had sought ...

Google wrote new code to execute Java programs according to the exact specifications of Sun's official Java software (Oracle subsequently acquired Sun).

Google-Sun court docs reveal long Java licensing dance For more than five years, Google sought to license Java or acquire rights to the language before Sun got into the hands of Oracle or IBM.

Alphabet CEO and Google co-founder Larry Page defended his company's development of the Android platform today during an ongoing legal battle with Oracle. Oracle sued Google in 2010, claiming that ...

Today's commercial-grade programming languages -- C++ and Java, in particular -- are way too complex and not adequately suited for today's computing environments, Google distinguished engineer Rob ...

Gosling said that Sun was "wronged" by Google and that Oracle is right to sue Google for the way it used Java code in Android.

So, whereas Sun's Phobos allows developers to run the Java platform with Javascript, Google's Web TookKit allows developers to run the Javascript platform with Java. What were Google's motivations?

Google’s use of Java APIs in Android has been the subject of a long-running legal dispute with Oracle. Larry Ellison’s team believes Google needs to pay up for exploiting Oracle IP and has ...

Oracle has updated its recently filed Google Java lawsuit to include allegations that the search giant directly copied its code in its implementation of Android. The update, filed on Thursday ...