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$10bn Oracle v Google copyright jury verdict: Google wins, Java APIs in Android are Fair Use

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Re: The saga goes on

"If Oracle had played this differently they could have made Java, or a particular flavour of it, a key component of Android."

This is perhaps the core point. Whatever the eventual outcome Oracle have shot themselves massively in both feet (or perhaps, given Ellison's hobby, they have holed themselves below the waterline, and instead of trying to limit the damage, they are paying lawyers to make the hole bigger.)

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