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I'm not sure what is being contested in the case any more. Larry Page testified that their implementation of Java was a clean room implementation. Is Oracle try
by zmanji 14y ago
I'm not sure what is being contested in the case any more. Larry Page testified that their implementation of Java was a clean room implementation. Is Oracle trying to assert that an API is something that is subject to copyright?
- caf 14y agoThe trial is examining both copyright and patent issues. But yes, one of the things Oracle is claiming is that they can copyright their API and you can't reimplement it without a license. This does not seem like it should fly, in my inexpert opinion.
- fpgeek 14y agoIf it does fly, Oracle is going to have a lot of fun. For instance, Oracle copied SQL from IBM years before it was a standard. There's also Sun's involvement in Wabi. I'm sure Microsoft wouldn't mind extracting some cash for that "infringement".
- pdw 14y agoNovell and the Unix API...
- acchow 14y agoIt shouldn't fly. We already went through this with IBM's BIOS and its clones in the 80's.
- wmf 14y agoWe've been discussing this extensively in other threads: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3862782 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3862782 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3859361 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3859361 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3854767 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3854767
- onli 14y agoBut the answer is yes, they try to say an api is subject to coypright (in the article is a list of challenged points, including apis).