In a bid to outwit Oracle, Google has seemingly come up with a new strategy. In one of the biggest feud of technological world, Google quietly worked its way out trouble. It removed the parts which were at discord with Oracle.
Business Insider reported that Google will remove parts of Android that are being disputed by Oracle, and switch to an open source alternative instead. That alternative is still controlled by Oracle, but Google is legally cleared to use it, Google told VentureBeats Emil Protalinski.
The issue arose when Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google for illegally copying Java applications. Google on other hand maintained that Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are not copyrightable and are used in codes used to make application interface with each other.
However with passage of time, Google is trying to find a way out of the mess, and it has speculated dropping APIs altogether. Business Insider further reported that means that the appeals that favor Oracle could be the final word. It's unclear what the court will order Google to do if Oracle is declared the final winner. (At one point, Oracle wanted a whopping $6 billion in damages, but the courts didn't allow that huge amount to stick). But one possibility is that Google will be forbidden from using the copyrighted APIs. Google says it made the switch because Google was already starting to use OpenJDK alongside Oracle's Java APIs, and it's better for developers for Google to standardize on one.
Perhaps Google has accepted a possibility if loss so it is hoping to find ways to minimize it.
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