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Note: The lawsuit seeks the destruction of Android software for violating Java patents and copyrights that Oracle acquired from Sun.
Oracle on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Google alleging patent and copyright infringement for Google's use of Sun's Java technology in its Android operating system, a move that Java creator and Sun veteran James Gosling finds entirely unsurprising.
Gosling suggests that when Oracle was negotiating its acquisition of Sun, a deal completed in January, the potential for intellectual property infringement claims based on Sun's Java assets excited Oracle's legal team.
"During the integration meetings between Sun and Oracle where we were being grilled about the patent situation between Sun and Google, we could see the Oracle lawyer's eyes sparkle," Gosling wrote...