Re:Timsort, the Python sorting algorithm
by dpifke on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:27PM
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TimSort—more specifically, Bloch's 9 line "rangecheck" function from his reimplementation—figured into Oracle's claims that Google copied Java code into Android:
As best as I can remember, those 9 lines are the only literal copying Oracle was able to find; the rest of their suit centers around whether the design of an API (e.g. parameter names) can be copyrighted. (And unless the Supreme Court steps in, the answer is "maybe.")
http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20120419221941...
As best as I can remember, those 9 lines are the only literal copying Oracle was able to find; the rest of their suit centers around whether the design of an API (e.g. parameter names) can be copyrighted. (And unless the Supreme Court steps in, the answer is "maybe.")