Android's father, 2006 email, or Google's loss of billions of dollars-father of the Android, Google, Oracle-IT information

According to foreign reports, father Andy Rubin Google Android (Andy Rubin) in 2006 sent an e-mail may make Google in a lawsuit with Oracle's loss of billions of dollars.

The core issue in this case is the Google Android operating system using the Java programming language API (application programming interface) whether the practice violated the copyright of Oracle.

Java was first introduced by Sun Microsystems (Sun Microsystems) development. In 2009, the company was purchased by Oracle. Shortly after the takeover, Oracle against Google instituted a series of prosecution accused Google of infringing its copyright.

For proof, Oracle's legal team recently unearthed Rubin in an e-mail released in 2006. In this email, Rubin admits Java programming language API (application programming interface) is the copyright of Sun Company .

This e-mail shows that, not only Rubin know Java responsible for leading the development of Android operating system application programming interface is copyrighted, and Google is informed of this situation, Sun and deliberately bypassed the company's copyright. If the jury determines that Google's infringement, and accounting for Oracle's loss, then Google may now be hurt.

"Rubin wrote in a 2006 e-mail, ' Ah, I wish them the best of luck. Java API is copyrighted. Sun Company may ask them to authorize JCK (Java compatibility kit) to whom. ' "Vice Magazine Motherboard network contributing editor Sarah Chung (Sarah Jeong) posted on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

Google, and basically the entire technology industry thinks, API objects that do not belong to the copyright protection. However, in 2014, an appeals court made a decision in favour of Oracle, found API is also protected by copyright.

However, this email will not necessarily let the Google lawsuit failed. The lawsuits continue, Google always focus on "fair use" of this concept really, claiming copyright regardless of whether Oracle has a Java API, it can be used legally in the Android Java API.

The Tribunal's witness, Rubin said his e-mail message just means that API implementation, rather than the API itself, are subject to copyright protection. This is a very simple but very important difference.

"Rubin said what he meant was implementation of the API are subject to copyright protection. "Sarah is posted on the Twitter website.

However, if a jury ruled against Google's decision, Rubin's explosive e-mail may prove that Google "intentional" torts--this is the Court to determine whether Google should be a very important factor in compensation for loss of Oracle. Oracle and now Google claims $ 9 billion. This e-mail may disrupt the balance of wrangling on both sides, Google lost millions of billions of dollars.

Therefore, please be sure to pay attention to your work e-mail or Office communication tools Slack said, because what you say will be preserved. You don't know when it will come bite you in the ass.

安卓之父2006年的一封电邮，或让谷歌损失数十亿美元 - 安卓之父,谷歌,甲骨文 - IT资讯

据外电报道，谷歌Android之父安迪·鲁宾（Andy Rubin）在2006年发送的一封电子邮件可能会让谷歌在与甲骨文的官司中损失数十亿美元。

这起官司的核心问题是谷歌Android操作系统使用Java编程语言API（应用程序编程接口）的做法是否侵犯了甲骨文的版权。

Java最初是由Sun Microsystems（太阳微系统公司）开发的。在2009年，该公司被甲骨文收购。在收购后不久，甲骨文就针对谷歌提起了一系列指控谷歌侵犯其版权的起诉。

为了举证，甲骨文的法律团队近日挖出了鲁宾在2006年发布的一封电子邮件。在这封电子邮件中，鲁宾承认Java编程语言API（应用程序编程接口）的版权属于Sun公司。

这封电子邮件表明，不仅负责领导Android操作系统开发工作的鲁宾知道Java应用程序编程接口是有版权的，而且谷歌也知情这一情况，并刻意地绕开了Sun公司的版权。如果陪审团认定谷歌侵权，并核算甲骨文的损失，那么谷歌可能会大伤元气。

“鲁宾在2006年的一封电子邮件中写道，‘哈，祝他们好运。Java API是有版权的。Sun公司可能要问他们授权JCK（Java兼容套件）给了谁。’”Vice Motherboard网络杂志特约编辑莎拉-郑（Sarah Jeong）在微博网站Twitter上发帖说。

谷歌以及基本上整个科技行业都认为，API不属于版权保护的对象。尽管如此，在2014年，一家上诉法院还是做出了有利于甲骨文的判决，认定API也受版权保护。

但是，这封电子邮件并不一定会让谷歌的这场官司彻底失败。这起诉讼案仍在继续，谷歌始终围绕“合理使用”这个概念做文章，声称不管甲骨文是否拥有Java API版权，它都可以在Android中合法使用Java API。

在法庭的证人席上，鲁宾声称他的电子邮件的意思只是说API的执行，而不是API本身，是受版权保护的。这是一个很简单但却很重要的区别。

“鲁宾说他的意思是API的执行是受版权保护的。”莎拉在Twitter网站上发帖说。

但是，如果陪审团做出不利于谷歌的判决结果，那么鲁宾的爆炸性的电子邮件可能证明了谷歌“故意”侵权——这是法院确定谷歌是否应赔偿甲骨文损失的一个非常重要的因素。甲骨文现在向谷歌索赔90亿美元。这封电子邮件可能会打破双方角力的平衡，让谷歌损失数百万甚或数十亿美元。

因此，请务必留心你在工作电子邮件或办公沟通工具Slack等地方说的话，因为你说的话会被保存下来。你不知道什么时候它会突然冒出来咬你一口。