By John Glenday

Google has come out on top in its long-running legal tussle with Oracle over the use of its java software in the Android operating system – although the decision will now be subject of an appeal to the US Supreme Court.

Oracle contended that Google infringed upon its copyright, demanding close to $9bn in damages as a result but Google insisted that they should be able to use Java for free under the ‘fair use’ clause in US copyright law.

Google described the decision as a ‘win for the Android ecosystem, for the Java programming community, and for software developers who rely Read full story ›

Source: The Drum