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Op-ed: Oracle attorney: Google’s court victory might kill the GPL

Posted by BernardSwiss on · 5 comments
Ars Technica; By Annette Hurst 		Mail this story
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"The developer community may be celebrating today what it perceives as a victory in Oracle v. Google. Google won a verdict that an unauthorized, commercial, competitive, harmful use of software in billions of products is fair use. No copyright expert would have ever predicted such a use would be considered fair. Before celebrating, developers should take a closer look. Not only will creators everywhere suffer from this decision if it remains intact, but the free software movement itself now faces substantial jeopardy."

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Comments (5)

thenixedreport ·
Oracle shouldn't have sued Google in the first place, so the piece was facepalm worthy.
JaseP ·
Dang!!! Made me click on an Ars Technica article!!! I've sworn off that filthy rag of an internet page!!! Don't do that again without a "trigger warning," I might get infected with SJW slime!!!
skelband ·
I didn't get even past the whiney first paragraph.
BernardSwiss Story submitter ·
Proof positive that the emperor was stark naked, all along.
gus3 ·
Gee, thanks BernardSwiss. Now I can't get that image out of my head!!! >|^P

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