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The important thing is that Java should not be allowed to be owned and trolled upon by companies. Java belongs to the community that developed it collectively,
by rms_returns 11y ago
The important thing is that Java should not be allowed to be owned and trolled upon by companies. Java belongs to the community that developed it collectively, not to a single corporation that paid bucks to purchase it from Sun.
And Java IS open source. Lets not allow Oracle to monopolize and troll the API spec. If we allow that to happen, it will open a floodgates of patent trolls across the United States and the victims could be innocent startups who have just begun struggling and innovating in the market.
- tajen 11y agoI agree with you for the situations you quote, however the spirit of the law is here to prevent incompatible copycats to fork off. If Microsoft launched their own version of Java with a tiny number of incompatibilities, this law could be reused against them.
- icebraining 11y ago"Lets not allow" sounds nice, but how do you actually expect us to accomplish this? After all, Oracle does own most of the code in OpenJDK, and even the contributions must be accompanied by a signed agreement giving them joint ownership of the copyright.
- rms_returns 11y ago> how do you actually expect us to accomplish this? As a citizen, you can vote for legislators and senators who are of sane-mind and who understand technology enough to understand the hilarity of this situation. After all, you can read everything about them online when a candidate stands for an election, its not like some developing/third-world country where information and media are controlled.
- kuschku 11y ago> even the contributions must be accompanied by a signed agreement giving them joint ownership of the copyright. Well, we could just all move to Germany, where ownership over copyright can never be signed away, and then fork Java.