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Re:Supreme Court to Hear Google-Oracle Copyright Fight by bcrosby95 on Friday November 15, 2019 @09:32PM (#21550590)
I have a hard time believing SCOTUS will toss 50 years of standard practice in the software industry in the trash bin, regardless of what the law says.

Every programming language has stolen large portions of their API from other languages. Even Java.

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Re:Supreme Court to Hear Google-Oracle Copyright Fight by AnimalMuppet on Friday November 15, 2019 @10:20PM (#21550775)
And, most blatantly, C# pretty much used the Java API with only a change of case. Microsoft is the next logical target for a lawsuit after Google.

Remind me: Did Microsoft file an amicus brief in this case? If so, on which side?

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Re:Supreme Court to Hear Google-Oracle Copyright Fight by my123 on Saturday November 16, 2019 @03:53PM (#21554882)
Microsoft did, on Google's side.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-956/89566/20190...

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Re:Supreme Court to Hear Google-Oracle Copyright Fight by ryl00 on Friday November 15, 2019 @10:37PM (#21550838)
Ever heard of J++?
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Re:Supreme Court to Hear Google-Oracle Copyright Fight by AnimalMuppet on Friday November 15, 2019 @11:41PM (#21551053)
Vaguely. Do you have a point? If so, would you state it, instead of making me try to guess?
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