Andre Yoskowitz
19 Aug 2012 11:55
Oracle has admitted to paying bloggers during their trial against Google.
The company disclosed the names after the judge in the case ordered them to reveal any financial ties to anyone who could have influenced coverage of the trial in the media.
Google said they did not pay any "journalists, bloggers, or other commentators to write about this case."
Oracle admitted to having a financial relationship with popular FOSSpatents blogger Florian Mueller and also with Stanford University's Prof Paul Goldstein.
Google did confirm though that they would need more guidance before being able to disclose others they may have had financial ties with.
The judge said he was 'concerned' that financial relationship may have influenced analysis of the trial in the medis.