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March 27, 2018 03:25 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ILW2QOpYnDQ/oracle-wins-revival-of-billion-dollar-case-against-google
Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google
Google could owe Oracle billions of dollars after an appeals court said it didn't have the right to use the Oracle-owned Java programming code in its Android operating system on mobile devices. From a report: Google's use of Java shortcuts to develop Android went too far and was a violation of Oracle's copyrights, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled. The case was remanded to a federal court in California to determine how much the Alphabet unit should pay. The dispute is over pre-written directions known as application program interfaces, or APIs, which can work across different types of devices and provide the instructions for things like connecting to the internet or accessing certain types of files. By using the APIs, programmers don't have to write new code from scratch to implement every function in their software or change it for every type of device. The case has divided Silicon Valley for years, testing the boundaries between the rights of those who develop interface code and those who rely on it to develop software programs.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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