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I have a hard time believing SCOTUS will toss 50 years of standard practice in the software industry in the trash bin, regardless of what the law says. Every p
by bcrosby95 7y ago
I have a hard time believing SCOTUS will toss 50 years of standard practice in the software industry in the trash bin, regardless of what the law says.
Every programming language has stolen large portions of their API from other languages. Even Java.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoAnd, most blatantly, C# pretty much used the Java API with only a change of case. Microsoft is the next logical target for a lawsuit after Google. Remind me: Did Microsoft file an amicus brief in this case? If so, on which side?
- ryl00 7y agoEver heard of J++?
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoVaguely. Do you have a point? If so, would you state it, instead of making me try to guess?
- my123 7y agoMicrosoft did, on Google's side. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-956/89566/20190225161900311_Brief%20of%20Microsoft%20Corporation%20as%20Amicus%20Curiae.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-956/89566/20190...