Tech Companies Set To Appeal 2012 Oracle Vs. Google Ruling 198
sl4shd0rk writes "In 2012, Oracle took Google to court over Java. In the balance hung the legalities of writing code to mimic the functionality of copyrighted software. The trial was set to determine how all future software would be written (and by whom). Oracle's entire case boiled down to an inadvertent 9 lines of code; an argument over a simple and basic comparison of a range of numbers. The presiding judge (who had some background in writing software) didn't buy it stating he had 'written blocks of code like rangeCheck a hundred times before.' A victory for more than just Google. This week, however, Microsoft, EMC, Oracle and Netapp have filed for appeal and seek to reverse the ruling. It's not looking good as the new bevy of judges Indicating they may side with Oracle on the issue."
Re: Death of the small guy (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Knowledgable Judges (Score:5, Funny)
Just wait until their decision is appealed and this winds up in the Supreme Court. That's where the real technical expertise of the Judicial branch resides.
Re:Death of the small guy (Score:5, Funny)
Soon no one will be able to do stuff on their own, as they will be sued into oblivion just for thinking about something.
I thought of posting that comment first. Expect to hear from my lawyer.
Re: Death of the small guy (Score:2, Funny)
I've had women slap me just for thinking about something.
Running "rangeCheck" on women will often get that response.
Re:Java stole from C (Score:4, Funny)
Imagine in the Olympics, 100m dash, the runners are ready to run, the gun goes off.... and the runners start throwing dirt at each other's faces instead of actually racing. Sure, the runner who throws most dirt and kills the other runners will be able to get to the finish line first... but there will be no winners! EVERYONE loses!
That would be awesome.