Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 31 2013 @ 05:12 AM EDT |
Oracle needs to be wary of getting what they want - they will almost certainly
end up in breach of someone else's API's copyright: anything written post Mickey
Mouse (which is most, if not all software APIs) will still be in copyright![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 31 2013 @ 09:02 AM EDT |
If Oracle were to win this land grab, would they then have to
stop using SQL? I believe IBM copyrighted it originally.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 31 2013 @ 10:57 AM EDT |
Unintended consequences could come into effect. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 31 2013 @ 12:44 PM EDT |
Its up to Google's team to focus on the law.
This is filed by amici, and the point is to illuminate all those extrinsic
points the law often mangles or ignores. The law is supposed to work for the
good of all, however, it often gets so wrapped up in its own semantics that
"all" becomes no one but the lawyers.
Note: in this case, I don't think the "law" is at fault, its Oracle's
attempt to rewrite the law to its own profit that has mangled the obvious.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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