Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google

Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by joshAg on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @03:12PM (#16691797)

So then theoretically, Intel could sue AMD for supporting their x86 ISA?

1) AMD chips aren't free and the usage is totally for a commercial purpose.

2) ISAs are an API.

3) While the implementation is probably clean-room, it's still a total copy of the ISA structure and function call/return value.

4) Intel has been directly harmed by AMD competition, which results in them needing to be price competitive in certain markets.

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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by dtech on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @03:15PM (#16691829)

AMD has a long-standing cross licensing agreement with Intel regarding x86

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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by joshAg on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @03:16PM (#16691832)

Isn't that for patent infringement? EDIT: nope it explicitly covers the ISA, too

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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by s2g on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @03:13PM (#16691814)

Don’t they cross license because AMD does need permission to reproduce an ISA?

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Re:Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google by joshAg on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @03:17PM (#16691847)

isn't that just for patent infringement? EDIT: nope it explicitly covers the ISA, too

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