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Google prevailed under fair use because they found the API names are organizational, Google only copied a minimal 0.4% of the Java codebase, and Android is not
by mminer237 4y ago
Google prevailed under fair use because they found the API names are organizational, Google only copied a minimal 0.4% of the Java codebase, and Android is not a directly replacement for Java generally. That's a pretty inapplicable decision here.
This is almost exactly the same facts as Lotus v. Borland though, which the Supreme Court failed to make a decision on. So all we really know is that the First Circuit thinks it's allowed, but we have no idea how the Supreme Court would rule.
- sangnoir 4y agoEven if we're charitable to Pixelfed: Google could afford to take the case all the way up to the Supreme Court. Can Pixelfed? They should just rename the filter names. The developer's immature antics make the project look unprepared for large scale adoption that the Fediverse seems to be on the cusp of. Donations to a defense fund will be going to waste.