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I don't think Sun should have protected the code for Java. But I think it should be possible to protect it. Most people here may hate the Jaa language but it to
by gpsx 8y ago
I don't think Sun should have protected the code for Java. But I think it should be possible to protect it. Most people here may hate the Jaa language but it took a ton of work and expertise to invent it. And it took something to make the ecosystem as large as it is today. This seems to contain as much intellectual property as something like a book. And when it come down to it, the intellectual property is in the method signatures anyway. There is no big trick to the code inside them. An intern could write that.
As the lesser of two evils, I prefer Google to Oracle. And I hate patent trolls, especially this instance of it. But at the same time I don't want to reduce the legal value of software. If java is not protectable, is a program like Micrsoft Word or Autocad?
- monocasa 8y ago> but it took a ton of work and expertise to invent it Just because something took work, doesn't mean you should get a government backed monopoly on it.
- Doctor_Fegg 8y agoIn sweat-of-the-brow jurisdictions, though, it usually does.
- wtallis 8y agoAre there any jurisdictions that don't have any distinctions between types of intellectual property (eg. copyright, trademark, patent)? Because in one sense, what makes Oracle's claims so objectionable is that they're trying to assert copyright powers and duration over relatively patent-like subject matter (if you make a fairly simple analogy between software interfaces and mechanical interfaces).
- monocasa 8y agoLol, no. The UK and Germany are closer to sweat of the brow jurisdictions, but they explicitly don't grant copyrightablity to APIs.
- sam0x17 8y agoAll of that said, if Google had to pivot by rewriting android in, say, Go, that could be extremely good for the Android ecosystem.
- otachack 8y agoThey have the resources to do it. I really wish they would so we can leave this matter behind us.
- monocasa 8y agoGiven that Oracle is claiming copyright on the public API, they can't do that without also removing support for literally the entire app store. It doesn't matter if it's in Go or Java.
- sam0x17 8y agoYeah, that's the exciting part :D