Android is the first victim of the multitouch patent of Apple ?

According to iLounge, Google decided not to implement multitouch in Android following a request (in short a polite injunction) by Apple not to go in this direction.
This information coming from a Google developer has not been confirmed. If it proves to be true, one can see that Apple will attacks all those who offer mobiles having multitouch interface and they are legion, the iPhone having defined a new reference concerning gestures.