Earlier this month, Lila Bailey wrote about the Google v. Oracle decision by the Supreme Cout regarding Java. She wrote:
In a 6-2 decision, the Supreme Court held that Google’s copying of many declarations associated with the Java SE API (including only those lines of code that were needed to allow programmers to put their accrued talents to work in a new and transformative program with their own implementing code) was a fair use of that material as a matter of law. That means that this ruling applies to all APIs, not just the one at issue here.While Java may - in some circles - not be as heavily used as it once was, the real impact is as Bailey noted - applying it to other APIs. I can imagine many programmers jumping for joy because of this decision. I can also imagine a number of companies agonizing that some of these computer code can now be used by others under fair use. No matter what, this is a win for interoperability!
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