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Who knows. I'm not a lawyer and monkeys are easily trained to keep hitting a lever to get a snack. I'm sure lawyers and corporapists are too. (Sorry, couldn't help the Aaron reference there!) : P<BR>
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On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 18:43 -0400, Justin Goldberg wrote:
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I thought Borland vs Lotus (123) proved that a method [of operation] cannot be copyrighted years ago. Borland/Quattro copied the menus from 123 and reverse engineered the macro system.
On Thu, 31 May 2012 10:48:25 -0400, <A HREF="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</A> wrote:
> Those wishing to follow such machinations in excruciating detail can
> keep consulting <A HREF="http://www.groklaw.net">http://www.groklaw.net</A>, as I have. For me, all this is
> now "old news." Choose your own schedule, YMMV
>
> Stephen R. Blevins
> <A HREF="mailto:stephen.r.blevins@gmail.com">stephen.r.blevins@gmail.com</A>
>
> On 05/31/2012 08:59 AM, Rich Faulkner wrote:
> > The new issue of LXF is out and features an interesting read on the
> > court case of Google vs. Oracle. Looks like Google has traction on their
> > assertion that the nine lines of code that were used (considered by
> > Oracle to be of no financial value) are not enough to constitute a
> > violation of licensing or copyright. Most interestingly it is being
> > revealed that a "process" or "method" cannot be copyrighted. In other
> > words, if you observe the function of a system (and reproduce that
> > functionality in your own right); that this is not a copyright
> > infringement.
> >
> > There is more to go in this case but so far it is looking promising for
> > Android and Google.
> >
> > RinL
> >
> >
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