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Authored by: mcinsand on Thursday, April 19 2012 @ 04:44 PM EDT |
The fundamental problem with an Oracle win is to erase any custodial
responsibilities to an 'IP' holder. Even if the API collection as a whole did
contain Oracle/Sun original creative, copyrightable content (which I'm not
saying it does), Sun and Oracle's wasted few opportunities in undermining those
rights. If a book or music copyright holder were to open up copying and
derivatization the way Sun did, you can safely bet that he'd be laughed out of
court if he tried the sort of things Oracle is trying. At least now, copyright
and patent holders have some responsibility to show protective diligence in
order to maintain their privileges. I do fear that an Oracle win would give the
MPAA and RIAA much more powerful ammunition to go after people even suspected of
copyright infringement, and I would fear an Oracle win at least as much as
CISPA.
Now, as for getting rid of Java... Although you would never hear me complain,
Java as an upside to Oracle actually winning would be like giving a month's
salary for a Happy Meal but finding that they'd supersized the fries. Java is a
disgusting language. If we want to get rid of it, though, there are better
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