       to access its growing, broad patent and IP portfolio.”
Source: M-CAM  Comments     Threshold   By ltcommanderdata on
10/25/2011 2:16:55 AM , Rating: 3 With Google knowing they'd
give it away for free and make their money off the app sales and
advertising; so they built Android off the works of others.
It's interesting you point that out because Google's attitude
does seem something along those lines. In the Oracle vs. Google
Java trial, the judge asked both parties to provide damage
estimates to be paid to Oracle if Google ends up being found
guilty of infringement. Oracle proposed an extremely high
valuation that the judge threw out. What's notable was the
damage estimate that Google proposed: zero. Google argued in
court that since it gives away its OS for free, even if it
copies other people's IP and is found guilty of infringement in
court, it doesn't owe the victim anything. It feels
advertisement revenue doesn't count. It's almost like Google
believes that even though they lead Android