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This is terrifying... Just another case of non-technical courts ruling on technical issues; like the article says:
the legal precedents that the Federal Circuit refused to follow, as well as the realities of software development, argue against treating application programming interfaces (APIs) as copyrightable.
I'm definitely not a copyright lawyer, but I am a programmer, and I can know that this does not bode well for the community. I would be interested to know whether it was Oracle or Google that pushed for the copyright (I assume it's Oracle, but the article didn't seem to clearly say)
That's Oracle for ya... Thanks for the link. Man, that is really unsettling. I can understand why Google chose Java as the base for Android OS when they did, but it seems like it may be time to move on. I heard that in Go 1.5 you can compile native Android applications, so a sea change may be imminent (at least, one can hope)
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[–] magicmu 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
This is terrifying... Just another case of non-technical courts ruling on technical issues; like the article says:
I'm definitely not a copyright lawyer, but I am a programmer, and I can know that this does not bode well for the community. I would be interested to know whether it was Oracle or Google that pushed for the copyright (I assume it's Oracle, but the article didn't seem to clearly say)
[–] FruityPants [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Your assumption was correct. Google implemented it's own API in android that mimics Java's precisely. Oracle were not happy. Oracle v. Google brief
[–] magicmu 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That's Oracle for ya... Thanks for the link. Man, that is really unsettling. I can understand why Google chose Java as the base for Android OS when they did, but it seems like it may be time to move on. I heard that in Go 1.5 you can compile native Android applications, so a sea change may be imminent (at least, one can hope)