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If you attack an open-source project (which the pertinent parts are) with general software patents, how is that not an attack on open source? What Oracle is doi
by ergo98 16y ago
If you attack an open-source project (which the pertinent parts are) with general software patents, how is that not an attack on open source? What Oracle is doing is absolutely no different than what SCO was engaged in.
Note that Oracle's general patents on rudimentary VM and runtime characteristics could be applied against any number of non-Java targets. There just aren't many with the pockets as deep as Google.
- masklinn 16y ago> What Oracle is doing is absolutely no different than what SCO was engaged in. SCO asserted ownership of code they didn't own and licenses they didn't have. How is that even remotely similar?
- ergo98 16y agoBoth are extorting open source projects based upon dubious claims. In the SCO case the claim was that Linux consciously or unconsciously borrowed from SCO's purported property because there are superficial similarities. In this case, Oracle is claiming that Android borrowed from their newly gained property because there are superficial similarities to some vague patents which virtually any modern VM runtime runs afoul of. I think the similarity is overwhelmingly obvious, so demanding that I prove that it is "remotely" similar is pretty aggressive and uncalled for.