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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 05-Apr-2021 14:58:30 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/tech/google-oracle-supreme-court-ruling/index.html
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 05-Apr-2021 15:03:03 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/18-956_d18f.pdf In conversation permalink Attachments
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 05-Apr-2021 15:47:51 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Reading the Syllabus at the front of the ruling, it seem that #SCOTUS did not rule on the most important idsue: whether APIs are protectable in the first place. I'm really glad for the "fair use" decision, but they still potentially left every project that reimplements a popular product's API under legal threat. In conversation permalink -
Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 05-Apr-2021 16:20:38 UTC Douglas A. Whitfield SCOTUS tends to make the narrowest decision possible. Obviously not always the case, but...tends. Thus, I'm not shocked by this. In conversation permalink