Android Java copyright issue re-opened by US appeals court

Ahhhh ffs, not this rubbish again! Oracle is worse than Apple. At least Apple is a closed system that has zero impact on true tech growth. Oracle on the other hand is sitting on some real nasty shotguns it swore it would never fire. But then Ellison always has been a d1ck.
 
Petec said:
Ahhhh ffs, not this rubbish again! Oracle is worse than Apple. At least Apple is a closed system that has zero impact on true tech growth. Oracle on the other hand is sitting on some real nasty shotguns it swore it would never fire. But then Ellison always has been a d1ck.
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Its their product, and Oracle can start charging for it. If Oracle signed a legal document saying it wouldn't, that is one thing. But they didn't
 
JStrike said:
Its their product, and Oracle can start charging for it. If Oracle signed a legal document saying it wouldn't, that is one thing. But they didn't
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It's an API. If that is now suddenly copyrightable, there cannot be further software interoperability.

And I really hope Oracle pays for all the API's they implemented in Solaris 11 that was first done in OpenSolaris. Fair is fair, after all.
 
Valerion said:
It's an API. If that is now suddenly copyrightable, there cannot be further software interoperability.

And I really hope Oracle pays for all the API's they implemented in Solaris 11 that was first done in OpenSolaris. Fair is fair, after all.
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An API should most certainly be patentable. It takes creativity to create a good api. Much like Nestle patented their Nespresso pod connectors (The patent has now expired), Oracle can patent an API.

As to your second point, if OpenSolaris is charging, then Oracle should pay. But I suspect Oracle owns that too
 
JStrike said:
An API should most certainly be patentable. It takes creativity to create a good api. Much like Nestle patented their Nespresso pod connectors (The patent has now expired), Oracle can patent an API.

As to your second point, if OpenSolaris is charging, then Oracle should pay. But I suspect Oracle owns that too
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This is a copyright suit, not a patent suit, at least regarding the API. And thanks, no more writing Java tutorials without Oracle's permission. And writing Java applications (that also uses the API).

As for the OpenSolaris issue, it's copyright. If Oracle didn't write the code, they don't own it. Period. Copyright law is quite clear on this.
 
Copyright and patent law in the US is truly a mess.
 
Valerion said:
This is a copyright suit, not a patent suit, at least regarding the API. And thanks, no more writing Java tutorials without Oracle's permission. And writing Java applications (that also uses the API).

As for the OpenSolaris issue, it's copyright. If Oracle didn't write the code, they don't own it. Period. Copyright law is quite clear on this.
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Yep, you are right. The API is their creation and they should own the copyright to it
 
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