Finally. It's absurd that it took the Supreme Court to settle this.
When you've got two massive companies and potentially billions of dollars resting on a case then it will keep going up until there is no more up to go to.
Supreme Court Finds Google’s Copying of Oracle’s APIs a Fair Use
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Re: Supreme Court Finds Google’s Copying of Oracle’s APIs a Fair Use
#12This article is from a month ago and the decision was extensively discussed on HN back then.
Yeah not to discourage further discussion but it would be good if admins could add a date to the title.
The actual decision was in April, this is the megathread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26699106
Re: Supreme Court Finds Google’s Copying of Oracle’s APIs a Fair Use
#13i just like two dystopian craphole companies tying up each other's money in the courtroom. i hope it continues.
Accept this means anyone can copy anyone else's API. This will lead to the dystopian craphole companies of today becoming more dystopian and even crappier tomorrow as they trample over any small and successful entity.
Being able to copy an API is a feature, not a bug. For the same reason that if you buy a crankset for a bike you should be able to get one that fits.