farcical_tinpot

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by farcical_tinpot 10y ago
If Oracle wins this piece of brain damage then you will see every legal troll in existence coming out of the woodwork to claim ownership of APIs and how others are using them.
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by farcical_tinpot 10y ago
Your understanding of the law is really weak. Your understanding of how software works is non-existent, and knee-jerks legal rulings will not change that I'm afraid sweetheart.
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by farcical_tinpot 10y ago
Alas, these are not edge cases. This is how software works now, which you and Oracle would desperately like to paint over. There is a reason why countless attempts to make APIs copyrightable have been overturned in the 80s and 90s.
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by farcical_tinpot 10y ago
It doesn't make sense to you because you misunderstood the case, and the legal argument. Nope, it's Oracle's lawyers making technology judgements they are out of their depth to make. Oracle doesn't need to make a defe
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by farcical_tinpot 10y ago
Who suggested it is neither here nor there. You don't use an API for anything other than compatibility and code reuse for developers. It's easily demonstrable. If it isn't the develop tools market has disappeared.
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by farcical_tinpot 10y ago
There's a fair use defense for interoperability. Which hasn't been defined in this case. So despite all the hype, this case is unlikely to have a huge effect on the software industry. Oracle might try and paint that picture, b
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by farcical_tinpot 10y ago
There is a specific defense for interoperability. Which means absolutely nothing. So yes, you might be able to use someone else's design for something like a hose connector or an electrical plug but not improve on it - if you'r
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by farcical_tinpot 10y ago
Which doesn't and can't apply to Android, because Android won't even run standard Java programs. I keep seeing this as Oracle's defence, but it is neither here nor there. There are countless APIs in the world used wher
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by farcical_tinpot 10y ago
No, the difficult is working out what on Earth fair use actually is here. The fact that what Google has is not strictly compatible with Java is neither here nor there....because it isn't Java.
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by farcical_tinpot 10y ago
No, there is no exception here. Oracle is extremely desperate to create some distinction between its disagreement with Google and 'fair use' for everything i.e. those who it isn't suing.....yet. There is absolutely no differe