Back to the latest episode, since this is a technical podcast (still is?) I was preparing myself for a 2 hour episode thinking they'd actually go over the patents in question and was disappointed (it even seemed like they didn't even read them. Dick, it IS about the JVM) as perhaps they would've seen the implications on other open source efforts other than Android.
as a quick reference: http://www.theserverside.com/report/The-Oracle-Google-Patent-Lawsuit-Demystified And what does this mean for the OpenJDK? I was also hoping to hear the Java(TM) Posse's reaction to Neal Gafter's latest blog post (Aug 26): "...I would normally post my comments on the proposal to the lambda- dev mailing list, which ensures that any IP embedded in my comments are formally submitted to Oracle's ownership. However, Oracle's recent lawsuit against Google has made it clear that, even though I am a contributor to openjdk7, I do not have a license to Oracle's patents that are necessarily infringed by the use of the openjdk7 source base." http://gafter.blogspot.com/ looking forward to the next episode, -Dario On Sep 8, 11:36 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot <reini...@gmail.com> wrote: > The point is, the law states that the executive team is obligated to > maximize shareholder value. Prioritizing something else over that job > is not lawful. Please stop the pedantry, these threads really don't > need to become even longer. > > On Sep 9, 12:16 am, Cédric Beust ♔ <ced...@beust.com> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot > > <reini...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > As far as charity is illegal goes: If a shareholder can prove you are > > > not ensuring maximum earnings, he can sue you > > > Anybody can sue anybody, it means nothing. I think you have some seriously > > simplistic views of how the American system works with respect to fiduciary > > duties for public companies, and you don't seem to be clear about the > > difference between civil and penal, but this thread has digressed enough for > > now so I'll just drop this topic. > > > -- > > Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
