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After they chased everyone away, now they just to just get rid of it and save themselves the hassle.They might as well donate all their Java patents to Google and save themselves another embarrassment.


> They might as well donate all their Java patents to Google

Are you kidding?!

They could donate them to the FSF, ASF or any other non-profit entity dedicated to promote of free and open-source software. Donating them to Google would create a whole lot of temptations the folks in Mountain View really don't need.


But they have "Don't be evil" as a motto. How could they possibly be tempted by that?


Ok, we get it. Google is "evil". I'd pay $0.05 for every time someone wants to harp on this and DOESNT.




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