Judge in Oracle versus Google case rules that Java APIs are not copyrightable

Posted by Vulpes in News | Current Affairs on Jun 02, 2012

Tags: Oracle, Google, Java, API, copyright

Google and its legion of Android developers can now breathe a collective sigh of relief!

The ruling also has wider consequences as this article points out:

http://www.datamation.com/cloud-computing/oracle-v-google-api-ruling-cloud.html

Needless to say, Oracle will be appealing the decision.

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