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Re:Oracle wins appeal re Java API copyrightability [pdf] by jboy55 on Friday May 09, 2014 @02:37PM (#7722560)
Its really good for open source. The more that is protected by copyright, the stronger the GPL and the BSD license are.
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Re:Oracle wins appeal re Java API copyrightability [pdf] by cheald on Saturday May 10, 2014 @03:26AM (#7724753)
Good for the gpl does not mean good for open source. This decision immediately and directly harms software development as an industry, because it means that api interoperability now puts you on the hook for infringement.

The gpl exists to promote the creation of open source software, not to keep people from using open source. Just because this makes it more enforceable in no way makes this good for open source.

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