The we had earlier concerning some pretty embarrassing examples of proprietary Oracle source code residing within Android source files may not be as serious or damaging as once thought. But Ars Technica’s Ryan Paul highlights that (1) the source code brought up by open source enthusiast and tech patent lawyer, Florian Mueller, is from a third party entity that included in Android’s Open Source Project repository. Second, much of the code in question is available from Sun’s website free of charge. With both of those points highlighted, the previous “wow factor” is quite as astonishing. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see how it affects the current, ongoing lawsuit between Google and Oracle.

Be sure to check out Ars Technica’s full, detailed explanation on the matter.