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Sure, patents are a different thing, but they serve a similar purpose. "If you don't have to to the research and invest in creating the technology by copying, y
by luckylion 6y ago
Sure, patents are a different thing, but they serve a similar purpose. "If you don't have to to the research and invest in creating the technology by copying, you can do it cheaper which the market will reward" is what both copyright and patents are created to change.
- imtringued 6y agoThey don't serve a similar purpose. Copyright protects authorship. Patents protect against reinvention. It's clear that Oracle needs a patent unless Google outright stole the standard library.
- az226 6y agoNews at 11, they did. In seriousness, they didn’t copy the libraries just once, but at least 3 times over time as Oracle continued to make investments in changes and additions to the libraries.