Google: Oracle Java win will kill software development, so SCOTUS must rule

Re:Google: Oracle Java win will kill software development, s... by fixermark on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @12:11PM (#19027956)

Unfortunately, the scope of the case is broader than proprietary languages. It doesn't matter what language you use---if you copy an API (including, IANAL-but-I-assume, recapitulating that API in an entirely different language), you're at risk. This covers a plethora of use-cases.

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Re:Google: Oracle Java win will kill software development, s... by fancyfish on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @12:49PM (#19028290)

Can anyone elaborate how this could impact tools such as GNU Octave? It would fall under this classification, right?

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Re:Google: Oracle Java win will kill software development, s... by codinger on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @01:21PM (#19028614)

I would like to know if it impacts mathematics and scientific libraries for python that I use in lieu of MatLab.

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Re:Google: Oracle Java win will kill software development, s... by fixermark on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @01:14PM (#19028526)

if Octave shares a bunch of function signatures with MATLAB, yes, it would be at risk for a copyright claim.

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Re:Google: Oracle Java win will kill software development, s... by DoctorOetker on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @03:38PM (#19029593)

what about instruction "signatures"? i.e. the machine instruction sets? every compiler is potentially performing millions of counts of copyright and or license violations on a large scale?

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