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Google starting to hit the presses about this probably means they realize they are fucked. This is an attempt to steer public opinion in their favor in order to
by meddlepal 8y ago
Google starting to hit the presses about this probably means they realize they are fucked. This is an attempt to steer public opinion in their favor in order to influence either the outcome or start the discussion about mitigation for the expected outcome.
- fixermark 8y agoThat's entirely possible, but it's also not super-great if this precedent stands. APIs have generally been understood to be a tool for communicating between layers, not a work of art that are themselves copyrightable and proprietary. It throws sand in the gears of cross-system integration if a company can get you on their copyright ownership of an API (especially since in the US, copyright is assumed and one is not required to file formally for it).
- wrs 8y agoI don’t know how they could steer the relevant public opinion any more in their favor--is there anyone in the industry who doesn’t work in Oracle’s exec suite who thinks this is anything but an incredibly stupid and destructive precedent?