Oracle CEO Larry Ellison: I don't know if Java is free
Found on CNet News on Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Asked by Google's lead attorney, Robert Van Nest, if the Java language is free, Ellison was slow to respond. Judge William Alsup pushed Ellison to answer with a yes or no. As ZDNet reporter Rachel King observed in the courtroom, Ellison resisted and huffed, "I don't know."
The Java programming language is in the public domain and free, but some aspects of Java require a specific license from Oracle. The complexities, such as different licensing schemes and their applications, will make it difficult for the jury to get a black-and-white view of this central issue.
Or you could just not use Java at all. I haven't installed JRE for years now, and I don't miss a single thing.