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so why cant a defense "Oracle Java sucked on ARM... we built something better to help developers" work ? Does this mean that you can port.. but not improve ? M

• lmm 11y ago
  > so why cant a defense "Oracle Java sucked on ARM... we built something better to help developers" work ? Does this mean that you can port.. but not improve ? There is a specific defense for interoperability. So yes, you might be able to use someone else's design for something like a hose connector or an electrical plug but not improve on it - if you're using their design to interoperate with their stuff. IANAL.
  • farcical_tinpot 11y ago
    There is a specific defense for interoperability. Which means absolutely nothing. So yes, you might be able to use someone else's design for something like a hose connector or an electrical plug but not improve on it - if you're using their design to interoperate with their stuff. Again, total nonsense. There are countless implementations of various development software out in the world right now that renders that load of extremely wishful thinking null and void. Like I've said elsewhere, lawyers might think they can package these cases up into nice, neat boxes but they can't.
    • icebraining 11y ago
      Nah, it's rather that you think they need to package them in neat boxes, but that's not how law works. Edge cases don't prevent rough rules from being made.
      • farcical_tinpot 11y ago
        Alas, these are not edge cases. This is how software works now, which you and Oracle would desperately like to paint over. There is a reason why countless attempts to make APIs copyrightable have been overturned in the 80s and 90s.
• ktRolster 11y ago
  Maybe that's what Google will try to do.