steven36 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Google appears to be no longer using Java application programming interfaces (APIs) from Oracle in future versions of its Android mobile operating system, and switching to an open source alternative instead. Google will be making use of OpenJDK – an open source version of Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK) – for future Android builds. This was first highlighted by a "mysterious Android codebase commit" submitted to Hacker News. However, Google confirmed to VentureBeat that the upcoming Android N will use OpenJDK, rather its own implementation of the Java APIs. Google and Oracle have been fighting it out for years in a lawsuit, and it is hard to imagine that such a massive change is not related to the search engine giant's ongoing legal dispute with Oracle, however. What Google and Oracle are Fighting About The dispute started when Oracle sued Google for copyright in 2010, claiming that Google improperly used a part of its programming language called Java APIs and baked them into its Android mobile OS. However, Google argued that the Java APIs in question were necessary for software innovation, allowing different applications to talk to each other, and, therefore, could not be copyrighted. Google almost won the initial lawsuit in 2012, but a Federal court mostly reversed the decision in 2014 in Oracle's favor. Google reached out to the US Supreme Court to take the case, but the DoJ sent it back to a lower court, where it currently sits. The final decision is yet to be made, but one possibility could be that the company will be prohibited from using the copyrighted APIs. However, OpenJDK, the alternative to Java APIs, is still controlled by Oracle, but at least, Google is legally cleared to implement it. As for how this new change in Android affects you and me, the new code should make it somewhat easier for Android N developers, perhaps resulting in better apps and quicker updates. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted January 1, 2016 Administrator Share Posted January 1, 2016 Not sure what took them so long. Google is known for jumping onto new technologies which are useful for them and the users, this thing is infact quite same as the main version, what took them so long. Eitherway, it's still welcomed. I personally think Google will lose the case in court though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bashar Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Off topic: Interesting to see what google will do when they run out of letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namek Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 On 2016-01-01 at 1:21 AM, DKT27 said: Not sure what took them so long. Google is known for jumping onto new technologies which are useful for them and the users, this thing is infact quite same as the main version, what took them so long. Eitherway, it's still welcomed. I strongly disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmpre3 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 anyway, android is not my favorite OS. I am more interested in seeing a unification of all platform under Windows 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted January 11, 2016 Administrator Share Posted January 11, 2016 On 4/1/2016 at 6:24 PM, namek said: I strongly disagree. Why so. Please elaborate about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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