Google wins trial against Oracle as jury finds Android is “fair use”
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[QUOTE]Following a two-week trial, a federal jury concluded Thursday that Google's Android operating system does not infringe Oracle-owned copyrights because its re-implementation of 37 Java APIs is protected by "fair use." The verdict was reached after three days of deliberations.
There was only one question on the special verdict form, asking if Google's use of the Java APIs was a "fair use" under copyright law. The jury unanimously answered "yes," in Google's favor. The verdict ends the trial, which began earlier this month. If Oracle had won, the same jury would have gone into a "damages phase" to determine how much Google should pay. Because Google won, the trial is over.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/google-wins-trial-against-oracle-as-jury-finds-android-is-fair-use/[/url]
Sounds like Oracle hoped for some easy money.
Literally every programmer's reaction:
[media]https://twitter.com/gesa/status/735924576022994944[/media]
Yet another patent troll fails to win a court case
I'm glad they lost but really shit like this needs to stop
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