The Java API is in the public domain, Oracle even admitted as such:
> they added to their sins by now assessing damages in copyrights based on APIs in the Java language, of all desperate moves, which Oracle has already admitted to the court is in the public domain.
You can say that Dalvik stepped on some patents to maintain the API's compatibility, but anyone can implement the Java language for free if they want. It's only if you use the Java VM that you have to pay license fees, which Google obviously doesn't do.
> they added to their sins by now assessing damages in copyrights based on APIs in the Java language, of all desperate moves, which Oracle has already admitted to the court is in the public domain.
You can say that Dalvik stepped on some patents to maintain the API's compatibility, but anyone can implement the Java language for free if they want. It's only if you use the Java VM that you have to pay license fees, which Google obviously doesn't do.