In case you missed it, the Internet exploded this morning over news that Oracle would be suing Google over its use of Java in the Android platform. Software patent litigation at its finest. I've linked to the actual legal document at the bottom of this post, if you want to read the original text.

Additionally, James Gosling has posted a short blog on the subject, but his blog exploded, too. Here's the transcript: Oracle finally filed a patent lawsuit against Google. Not a big surprise. 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. Filing patent suits was never in Sun's genetic code. Alas.... I hope to avoid getting dragged into the fray: they only picked one of my patents (RE38,104) to sue over.

We'll be talking to the folks behind the Harmony project, as well as folks around the valley next week to get a bigger perspective on this litigation and its implications for Java. Could this be the first nail in Java's coffin? Will the phone makers be culpable? What does this mean for the Apache Foundation, Red Hat, and anyone else who builds open source Java infrastructure?

It's kind of funny, though. For years, Sun tried in vain to make money from Java. It would seem that Oracle has finally found a way to monetize the language.

Oracle's complaint against Google for Java patent infringement