Opposition Mounts To Oracle's Attempt To Copyright Java APIs 187
An anonymous reader writes with a bit from Groklaw: "The remarkable outpouring of support for Google in the Oracle v. Google appeal continues, with a group of well-known innovators, start-ups, and those who fund them — innovators like Ray Ozzie, Tim O'Reilly, Mitch Kapor, Dan Bricklin, and Esther Dyson — standing with [Thursday's] group of leading computer scientists in telling the court that Oracle's attempt to copyright its Java APIs would be damaging to innovation." As usual, Groklaw gives a cogent, readable introduction to the issue.
Re:Link? (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot readers needing a link so they can read the article? I see why you posted anonymous.
Re:*sigh* (Score:5, Funny)
Typical Java approach. 3 lines of code for a two letter patch that changes nothing useful and doesn't match the documentation,.
Re:Groklaw's Gas Pedal analogy (Score:5, Funny)
Analogies are like scabs. If you pick at them, they bleed.
Re:*sigh* (Score:2, Funny)
Tasty sizzling ponyburgers, that's why.
Re:The End (Score:5, Funny)
"They could start killing babies and it wouldn't affect their bottom line."
Of course it would affect the bottom line. Do you think they'd be killing babies for free?
Re:both money and control, The Oracle Way (Score:5, Funny)
There's a difference between Larry Ellison and God:
God doesn't think he's Larry Ellison.