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Won’t this project have legal troubles in the future because the google / oracle Java api case? I assume valve has implemented the same apis as directx?
by throwaway69123 6y ago
Won’t this project have legal troubles in the future because the google / oracle Java api case? I assume valve has implemented the same apis as directx?
- 48bb-9a7e-dc4f2 6y agoNo, Microsoft <3 Linux and Open Source.
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- lern_too_spel 6y agoYou forgot to add a /s. Microsoft is happy to let you run Linux applications on their platforms that you pay for.
- 29athrowaway 6y agoMicrosoft <3 Mono so hard that is now almost defunct.
- abhorrence 6y agoThe difference here is that valve has implemented the apis for the purpose of compatibility with existing software, which is explicitly a protected use by law.
- jcranmer 6y agoIt's actually not explicitly protected by statute, but the interpretation is precedent in all circuit courts. And Oracle is trying to overturn that precedent at SCOTUS.
- humblebee 6y agoIf Value does the work to get Game Pass on Linux working I don't think Microsoft would mind too much.
- eximius 6y agoMany, many projects will (in theory) unless there is specific licensing that open sources the APIs. If Oracle wins, laws will change because it is a fundamentally incompatible position for our industry.
- mhh__ 6y agoThis is valve's lifeline if Microsoft get ballsy, so even if that were the case I think it's a fight Valve are prepared to take.