[ale] We Win, We Win!!!

[DJ-Pfulio]

I'm torn. 

Good for developers and companies. Just think of all the back-pay lawsuits that would begin had Oracle won. Do you have a license for Intel's assembly language? What about C? Or the GPU APIs? These are copyrights ... so isn't that effectively 125 yrs?

And the bad side?  We can't see Java die, die, die.


On 4/5/21 7:38 PM, Robert Reese via Ale wrote:
> That's great news!
> 
> I remember when Sun Microsystems auctioned everything off, and the Google reps were idiots, playing games like bidding $1,234,567, and let Oracle walk off with Java.  Everyone knew what was coming next, and Google hadn't paid attention.  
> 
> I'm sure heads rolled over that.
> 
> But, this is very good news for the rest of the world.
> 
> R~
> 
> Monday, April 5, 2021, 7:14:21 PM, you wrote:
> 
>> The Supremes have ruled on Oracle V Google.  Judge Alsup is Vindicated.
> 
>> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-05/
>> <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-05/supreme-court-overturns-oracle-s-copyright-win-over-google>
>> supreme-court-overturns-oracle-s-copyright-win-over-google
>