Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf]

Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by imadethis on Monday April 05, 2021 @10:20AM (#26699299)

Page 44 has Thomas’s dissent with Alito concurring. Worth a read as well, even just to see the opposing arguments.

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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by shirleyquirk on Monday April 05, 2021 @10:53AM (#26699814)

Designing an API is a creative work not unlike that of an architect, I see the merit in the dissent pointing out, e.g "there may have been only one way for Google to copy the lines of declaring code, but there were innumerable ways for Oracle to write them. Certainly, Apple and Microsoft managed to create their own declaring code."

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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by joelkevinjones on Monday April 05, 2021 @03:02PM (#26703150)

I'm not sure what Thomas was referring to. What does "create their own declaring code" mean? Did they do some kind of white room implementation where they typed in the contents of a javadoc web site? Did they modify the name of parameters?

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Re:Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] by petters on Monday April 05, 2021 @03:42PM (#26703639)

Swift and C#?

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