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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by gjsman-1000 on Monday April 05, 2021 @10:17AM (#26699258)
In my own mind, when CentOS died Oracle was saying you should move to "Oracle Unbreakable Linux"... which is a downstream clone of RHEL, just like CentOS was. Just one example of the hypocrisy.
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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by throwaway8581 on Monday April 05, 2021 @10:43AM (#26699664)
It is uncontested that Oracle cloning RHEL is allowed by the license that RHEL is released under. They don't need a fair use ruling from the Supreme Court because they literally have a license that allows exactly what they did. The same could not be said for Google's actions in this case.
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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by bryanlarsen on Monday April 05, 2021 @10:25AM (#26699389)
Even more egregiously, Oracle's whole existence is based off of copying the SQL API from IBM.
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