The product of these efforts was subsequently embedded within the desktop application, and as a result, the desktop application was able to provide full Google Maps capabilities. And what's more, the ...

Android will be using OpenJDK, an open source-licensed version of Java SE that has been in development since 2007 (before Oracle bought Sun Microsystems and became the de facto owner of Java).

On Monday, a jury is set to decide whether Google infringed Oracle's copyrights in cloning the Java APIs on its Android mobile operating system. But that's not the big decision. The big one comes ...

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).

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.

After a long legal battle, Google is moving to a completely open implementation of Java in Android N.

Jonathan Schwartz testifies that Java APIs were not considered proprietary or protected by Sun, as long as Google didn't use the Java name, countering Oracle's claims that Google infringed on its ...

The Supreme Court has sided with Google in the long-running Java API copyright case known as Oracle v. Google, finding that Google is legally entitled to use elements of Java APIs in its Android code.

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 ...