<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:graemeg.lists@gmail.com" target="_blank">graemeg.lists@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Google purchased the initial developer of the software, Android Inc.,<br>
in 2005. Then Google later unveiled the Android distribution in 2007.<br>
Both events pre-date the Oracle purchase of Sun.<br>
<br><br></blockquote><div>The only thing left I can say is wait until judgement, then draw potential parallels. Java runs on all platforms. Lazarus/FPC runs on all platforms. Delphi does / did not. They can't retro-actively go back and re-invent what we all know was Delphi and go after the Lazarus project. Lazarus will have major differences of that I'm sure. Bare windows API calls after that - are point of fact - Fair Use and not protected by US Copyright law. </div>
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