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Cross-licensingCross-licensingPosted Aug 20, 2010 6:36 UTC (Fri) by Cato (subscriber, #7643)Parent article: A very grumpy editor's thoughts on Oracle
Since Oracle has a huge set of software and hardware products, I'd guess that one likely outcome is a counter-suit by Google, and possibly agreed cross-licensing of patents. Then the question is whether the licensing agreement covers Android distros such as CyanogenMod.
I can't see Google changing development languages in mid-stream - that would mean rewriting the Java parts of Android, and more importantly telling the developers of the 70,000 Android apps to start again (ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29 )
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Cross-licensing: Google's patent portfolio is likely too weak Posted Aug 27, 2010 14:10 UTC (Fri) by FlorianMueller (guest, #32048) [Link] Your logic is right that usually two large players like Oracle and Google would resolve this through a cross-licensing deal. However, the way Oracle acts here indicates that they looked at the patents Google holds and don't feel there's any serious counterthreat. Google's patent portfolio is much weaker than many people believe.
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