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6-2 majority decision, which is pretty one-sided and really good news for open source. It's worth noting - the two dissenting justices were Clarence and Alito,
by game_the0ry 6y ago
6-2 majority decision, which is pretty one-sided and really good news for open source.
It's worth noting - the two dissenting justices were Clarence and Alito, who are both baby boomers over the age of 70, both old school conservatives. Of other two conservative justices, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch (who are also on the early end of Gen X), both sided with Google.[1] I was not expecting that. I thought they would have aggressive views with respect to the possibility of copyright infringement.
Funny moment during the case - Clarence compared Google copying Oracle to a football team stealing an opponent's playbook. That's a really bad analogy and demonstrates a lack of understanding in open source software.
Oh, and before I forget - f*ck you, Larry Ellison.
[1] Justice Barrett came in too late to participate in the decision, I wonder where she would have sided.