Things just took a very interesting turn in the Oracle vs. Google courtroom. Google's attorneys just asked to introduce two documents into evidence from the US Copyright Office that show there's no record of what code Oracle submitted in connection with the registration of Java 2 SE 1.4 and 5.0. If Google can convince the court the copyright registrations are somehow invalid or improper, Oracle's copyright case will change somewhat dramatically: the company can still prove Google infringed its copyrights on Java, but the calculation of money damages will be shifted to "actual damages" and any wrongful profits Google may have collected due to the infringement. That's obviously not an easy task given that Google gives Android away for...
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