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Oracle's API Kool-Aid
Authored by: jbb on Tuesday, April 24 2012 @ 07:26 PM EDT
I agree with a lot of what you say but I didn't understand this:
IMHO, I would not be so quick to challenge the motives of the judge.
You seem to imply that I was challenging the motives of the judge but I can't see what it was in my post that led you to think that. My intent was to talk about how it seems Oracle's lawyers are trying to game the system. In particular I was pointing out their repeated attempts to make it appear as if everyone thinks APIs are already protected by copyright.

If it seemed like I was impugning the motives, or even the competence, of Judge Alsup then I am truly sorry. I believe that as officers of the court, lawyers need to be held to a much higher standard of conduct than politicians and campaign managers. I feel like one of those defendants you see on tv who jumps up and shouts "that's a lie!" and then gets charged with contempt of court. It was frustrating to see Oracle slip in their same API mis-truth again under a different guise. It was even more frustrating to see Judge Alsup repeat it (perhaps even in front of the jury).

I agree with you (and I also hope it's true) that the truth will finally out. That's why I said:

After is all said and done (I hope) Oracle's lawyers might have a lot of 'splainin' to do.

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