On 04/24/2012 09:30 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Ned Harvey >> >> In the Oracle v Google case... First of all, I don't know if the alleged >> patent infringement is something that was released under openjdk... But >> even if it is, that's irrelevant, because google didn't base what they did >> from openjdk. > * Remember, in this case, some of the allegations are patent infringement, > and some are copyright infringement. From yesterday's court transcript from Google's attorney (I think Van Nest) from http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120424115304346 "if APIs are copyrightable would be a "substantial departure" for the computer industry."
Also, on the comical side, one of Oracle's witnesses really pissed off David Boies, Oracle's lead attorney and partner in Boies Schiller (SCO's attorneys) While one of the issues is how much should Google pay Oracle, there are some major issues that affect our industry. I don't think that this will have any effect on software patents per se, but the issue on APIs affects a lot of us. -- Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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