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Supreme Court takes on Google vs. Oracle: The biggest software development case ever – ZDNet
More than a decade in the marking, the Supreme Court may finally decide if application programming interfaces (APIs) can be copyrighted. If the court decides th…
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and other issues, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will finally hold oral arguments in Google v. Oracle on Oct. 7, 2020. This case will decide, without exaggeration, the future of software development and billions of dollars.
Seriously.
As the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) states, “allowing copyright on APIs is a terrible idea for computer science.” That’s because almost all modern software depends on open APIs. When your web browser …
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