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Authored by: ThrPilgrim on Saturday, April 21 2012 @ 07:05 PM EDT |
Why would Micosoft win. It's APIs are even more strictly controlled than FOSS
ones. You wouldn't be able to write or use any software that hooked into an
operating system with out express permission. The only thing you would be able
to do would be writing directly to the metal with machine code. Anything else
could be a copyright violation.
Just to stoke the fire a bit, lets suppose Oracle win. What's the next step.
Lets say I get a licence to use a particular API. As soon as it's changed or
expanded my code would no longer be able to run with it until I get a new
updated licence. Or maybe I could get a discount as my code only uses part of
the API.
It's almost worth the pain of Oracle winning just to watch them get completely
bogged down in licence demands from every writer of every peace of software that
Oracle's software interfaces with.
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Authored by: mtew on Saturday, April 21 2012 @ 10:59 PM EDT |
Everybody, including Microsoft would lose.
In fact Microsoft would probably lose more than most. They have already
spattered their venom on everyone and that will make people leery of their
products.
Oracle will also be a big loser for the same behavior that got tSCOg in
trouble.
The others will need to build a reputation for fair dealing. Most of them have
already started to do that, so they will lose less than the bad actors.
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