Microsoft, BSA and Others Push For Appeal On Oracle v. Google Ruling

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 21, 2013 @10:54AM from the poor-innocent-business-model dept.

sl4shd0rk writes "In 2012, Oracle took Google to court over the use of Java in Android. Judge William Alsup brought the ruling that the structure of APIs could not be copyrighted at all. Emerging from the proceedings, it was learned that Alsup himself had some programming background and wasn't bedazzled by Oracle's thin arguments on the range-checking function. The ruling came, programmers rejoiced and Oracle vowed Appeal. It seems that time is coming now, nearly a year later, as Microsoft, BSA, EMC, Netapp, et al. get behind Oracle to overturn Alsup's ruling citing 'destabilization' of the 'entire software industry.'"

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Java and Linux by freemenow-linux · 2013-02-21 11:31 · Score: -1, Troll

last time i checked the Android OS used a linux kernel... for those who dont know, for years now any and all distributions of linux have used java so whats the big issue here (thinking thinking thinking.......... oh wait what am i thinking for they are IDIOTS)