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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by ABCLAW on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @11:38AM (#16689532)
No, they didn't.

If I hand you a bag of balls and say you're allowed to play with the purple and green balls inside, I haven't given you permission to play with any of the other balls.

In this case, the different balls are the different dismemberments/rights related to Java.

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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by wrs on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @05:48PM (#16693046)
Sun defended Java with the trademark and the compatibility kit, not copyright on the API. It never occurred to anyone (as it shouldn't now) that there was copyright on the API.

[edit] Jonathan Schwartz: "The strategy was, we agree on these open APIs, then we compete on implementations."

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