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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by nobodyandproud on Thursday October 08, 2020 @07:10PM (#24724937)
>Alito's not unreasonable to suggest that a Supreme Court ruling in Google's favor might raise difficult questions about how copyright law applies to software in general.

Which in of itself is a long avoided question that sorely needs to be addressed.

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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by gwright on Thursday October 08, 2020 @10:39PM (#24726188)
And should be addressed by the legislature, not the judiciary.
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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by nobodyandproud on Friday October 09, 2020 @12:42AM (#24726894)
Yes, but the judiciary gets to decide whether a tortured application of a law is absurd.
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