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Funny headline, given the paragraph from the article: "In their respective responses filed with the court today, Google flatly denied directly paying anyone who
by arebop 14y ago
Funny headline, given the paragraph from the article: "In their respective responses filed with the court today, Google flatly denied directly paying anyone who wrote about this summer's trial. Oracle only identified one person on the payroll, Florian Mueller of FOSSPatents, though it recognized that some of its own employees may have blogged about elements of the trial during the course of the proceedings."
- LinuxScribe 14y agoYes, but while they paid Mueller for consulting, they are still denying paying him to comment on the trial. So, as far as Oracle and Mueller are claiming to the court, it's still an indirect relationship.
- arebop 14y agoBut the judge ordered "Therefore, each side and its counsel shall file a statement herein clear identifying all authors, journalists, commentators or bloggers who have reported or commented on any issues in this case and who have received money (other than normal subscription fees) from the party or its counsel during the pendency of this action" [http://www.groklaw.net/pdf3/OraGoogle-1229.pdf http://www.groklaw.net/pdf3/OraGoogle-1229.pdf]. The headline also doesn't qualify "payments" with any category or purpose. So, I still think it's a misleading headline.