Re: Well...this is good...

2012-05-10 Thread Eric Roberts
I was wondering that myself...which is probably why the judge didn't reject google's claim outright. We did see this coming when Oracle bought Sun...the writing was on the wall that they were going to try and pull some stupid shit like this with Java. On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Larry C

Re: Well...this is good...

2012-05-10 Thread Larry C. Lyons
A judge who doesn't know a thing about technology? On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Dana wrote: > > I don't understand how you can copy an API in the first place. Can > somebody explain to me why this has not already been laughed out of > court? > > On 5/10/12, Eric Roberts wrote: >> >> Judge

Re: Well...this is good...

2012-05-10 Thread Dana
er, copyright, that is. On 5/10/12, Dana wrote: > I don't understand how you can copy an API in the first place. Can > somebody explain to me why this has not already been laughed out of > court? > > On 5/10/12, Eric Roberts wrote: >> >> Judge declines ejection of Google's fair use claim in cop

Re: Well...this is good...

2012-05-10 Thread Dana
I don't understand how you can copy an API in the first place. Can somebody explain to me why this has not already been laughed out of court? On 5/10/12, Eric Roberts wrote: > > Judge declines ejection of Google's fair use claim in copyright > infringement trial with Oracle... > > http://www.itw

Well...this is good...

2012-05-10 Thread Eric Roberts
Judge declines ejection of Google's fair use claim in copyright infringement trial with Oracle... http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/276302/judge-declines-eject-googles-fair-use-defense-android-trial?source=ITWNLE_nlt_today_2012-05-10 ~~