Open source development got another shot in the arm with the court’s verdict. Oracle has reportedly said it will appeal the ruling.

In what can be a counted as a victory for the future of the Android ecosystem and Google, after much deliberation, a jury has concluded that the JAVA APIs in Android don’t infringe on Oracle’s copyrights.

In 2010, Oracle sued Google since it found fault with the way Google had integrated Java into Android. Since then both companies have been battling it out in court. Oracle had alleged that Google has essentially copied entire portions of Java code from Sun Microsystem.  Google had fired back saying the Java code had been made available to developers for their use since years.

In 2012, another jury had found nothing with Google’s behaviour and had ruled in its favour. However, two years later, in 2014 a federal court reversed that decision.

Oracle had sued Google for $9 billion in damages. It believes it deserves a slice of the profits made by Google using Android, a mobile operating system.

Today’s decision is not just a big win for Google for other developers working with open platforms as well.

Naturally, Oracle wasn’t very happy with the outcome and has said, “We strongly believe that Google developed Android by illegally copying core Java technology to rush into the mobile device market. Oracle brought this lawsuit to put a stop to Google’s illegal behaviour. We believe there are numerous grounds for appeal and we plan to bring this case back to the Federal Circuit on appeal.”

On the other hand Google said, “Today’s verdict that Android makes fair use of Java APIs represents a win for the Android ecosystem, for the Java programming community, and for software developers who rely on open and free programming languages to build innovative consumer products.”