It's great news, I hope Alsup's common sense becomes more common. On May 23, 2012 5:15 PM, "Matthew Farwell" <[email protected]> wrote:
> From http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18184079 > > > Google did not infringe patents owned by software developer Oracle, a > jury in a California court found on Wednesday. > > The Silicon Valley giants had fought over whether Google used Oracle's > Java programming language in its Android mobile operating system. > > Two weeks ago the same jury ruled that Google infringed Oracle's > copyright, but could not agree whether Google's actions constituted "fair > use". > > ... > > Without a finding against Google on the "fair use" issue, Oracle cannot > recover the up to $1bn (£637m) in damages it was seeking. > > The jury concluded that Google infringed on 37 copyrighted APIs but it > also agreed that Google demonstrated that it was led to believe it did not > need a license for using Java. > > This sounds like very good news. > > Matthew Farwell. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/4mEUUnPLRmwJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
