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by billybilly1920 3884 days ago
They are still being sued by Oracle over the base the OS is built on.
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Lol, i love how this is at the bottom of the HN comments page. Sometimes HN can be kinda clueless.
Not sure what the status of that lawsuit has to do with anything. It's not like Google is going to admit defeat and stop moving forward based on a lawsuit that isn't even resolved (which was dismissed once, only to be revived via appeal). Worst case scenario is that Google will pay a damage and start paying Oracle licensing fees for Android, the same way they pay Microsoft.
Google doesn't pay Microsoft
You're correct - I believe it's the handset manufacturers that do