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Should Oracle prevail in its intellectual-property lawsuit againstGoogle over alleged Java patent and copyright violations in theAndroid mobile OS, it shouldn't result in the "industrial meltdown"some observers fear, Java creator James Gosling said in a blog post late Tuesday. "A lot of what I've read gets really hyperbolic on thepossibilities of the industrial meltdown that Oracle couldconceivably cause," Gosling wrote. "Despite my well-known opinionson Oracle, they wouldn't do any of the nightmare scenarios thatsome have imagined: such a meltdown would not be in their own selfinterest. They have actually been unexpectedly good stewards ofJava (although less so of Solaris)." Oracle sued Google in August 2010. Google has denied wrongdoing,saying that Android employs a "clean room" implementation of Javathat doesn't violate Oracle's rights. The trial is being conducted in three phases, and the jury was setto continue its deliberations on Wednesday regarding Oracle's copyright claims, which involve a number ofJava APIs (application programming interfaces). Gosling did reveal he has some concerns about the outcome of thecopyright claims. "The wide implications of Oracle winning the copyright case arepretty disturbing," he wrote. "But that's a practical opinion. Howit will go in the legal system is anyone's guess. It extends farbeyond Oracle: developers everywhere use APIs defined by many otherentities. I hate to think of what an emerging 'copyright troll'industry might be." Gosling also expressed a mixed view of patent laws. "I certainly think that the patent system is broken, but the systemis what it is," he wrote. "The original basic theory makes sense tome, but what it's evolved into doesn't. At Sun [Microsystems] wehad a near death experience after losing a case with IBM, afterthat we realized we had to play the game, no matter how bogus." Oracle gained control of Java after it purchased Sun in 2009. "The issue has always been interoperability. It's one of the majoraspects that has made the Java community thrive," Gosling added.Sun used its Java patents "to enforce interoperability: follow thespec, you can use them for free. A good result for developersderived from a bogus patent system," he said. In another recent blog post, Gosling wrote that he believed Googlehad "totally slimed Sun" and that Oracle was in the right in thiscase. On Tuesday, he added that the "slimed" comment was a "personalmoral opinion" and "not my guess at a legal result, or a legalopinion at all." Chris Kanaracus covers enterprise software and general technologybreaking news for The IDG News Service . Chris's e-mail address is Chris_Kanaracus@idg.com. I am an expert from industrialcottongloves.com, while we provides the quality product, such as China Industrial Cotton Gloves , Industrial Safety Hand Gloves, Cut Puncture Resistant Gloves,and more.
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