> > In any case Judge Alsup has already
> > ruled there is no
copyright protection for
> > the Java API class and method names per
se
> Has he? That would seem to be "game over" for Oracle's
> copyright claims, then.
See the recent
Groklaw article:
Judge William Alsup trimmed their feathers and
stuck to what he said in his earlier order, namely that API
names are not
protected by copyright and neither are the
names of "packages, classes and
methods".
Also he says the jury will be told that it's
a
fact that the Java language is free for everyone to use.
That's based on
"Oracle's concessions at hearings". They'll
also be told that there is a
dispute between the parties as
to whether or not APIs and class libraries are
part of the
language.
--- Do the arithmetic or be doomed
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