VentureBeat

Google confirms next Android version will use Oracle’s open-source OpenJDK for Java APIs

Google is replacing its implementation of the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK, the open source version of Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK). The news first ...
SCOTUSblog

Argument analysis: Justices debate legality of Google’s use of Java interfaces in Android software code

The justices finished up the first week of the new term by finally hearing argument in Google v. Oracle, a case that has been pending at the Supreme Court since the fall of 2018. The high-stakes ...
JD Supra

Supreme Court Finds Google’s Use of Oracle’s Java Code in Android Operating System to Be Fair Use

On April 5, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States held that Google’s use of certain Java Application Programming Interfaces (API) in its Android operating system was not copyright infringement ...
InfoWorld

Interfaces in Java

Java interfaces are different from classes, and it’s important to know how to use their special properties in your Java programs. This tutorial introduces the difference between classes and interfaces ...
InfoWorld

Oracle-Google verdict signals need for copyright reform

Today, the jury in the case by ruling in favor Oracle against Google over Android’s use of Java demonstrated how badly the copyright laws of the 19th and 20th century fit the technology market of the ...