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It's not about the money. it's about the principle. For example, where does the copyright lawsuit leave Apache Harmony legally, given that it's an "unauthorized
by curt15 8y ago
It's not about the money. it's about the principle. For example, where does the copyright lawsuit leave Apache Harmony legally, given that it's an "unauthorized" Java API implementation? Is the codebase's Apache license still valid? If not, what does that say about the GPL license of GNU/Linux, which is similarly an "unauthorized" reimplementation of proprietary Unix?
- pron 8y agoThere was nothing in the lawsuit about being authorised or not. The court ruled that Google's particular use of the Java APIs was not fair use, as it wasn't intended for interop[1]. Apache Harmony can only license what they own, and they don't own the Java API. I guess that if you use Harmony in a way that makes fair use of the APIs you should be fine, but that's not what Google did (at least according to the court's ruling). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_America,_Inc._v._Google,_Inc.#Appeals_Court_and_finding_of_non-fair-use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_America,_Inc._v._Google....