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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by imtringued on Friday October 09, 2020 @07:48AM (#24728938)
They don't serve a similar purpose.

Copyright protects authorship.

Patents protect against reinvention.

It's clear that Oracle needs a patent unless Google outright stole the standard library.

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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by az226 on Friday October 09, 2020 @09:52PM (#24736160)
News at 11, they did.

In seriousness, they didn’t copy the libraries just once, but at least 3 times over time as Oracle continued to make investments in changes and additions to the libraries.

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