Linux Today Roundup: Oracle API Claims Defeated | Linux Today

Linux Today Roundup: Oracle API Claims Defeated

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 1, 2012

Editor’s Note: The biggest legal news yet this year for Linux users  – and anyone that values and respects software freedom has come down and Linux Today readers have been sending us lots of links.

Here’s a roundup of a few of our favs:

ZDnet: Judge crushes Oracle’s API copyright claims like a bug

ITWorld: Alsup ruling declares APIs non-copyrightable

Business Insider: JUDGE: Dear Oracle, You’re Not Getting A Dime From Google Over Android

Ars: Google wins crucial API ruling, Oracle’s case decimated

InternetNews: Oracle Loses. All Your APIs Are Belong to Us

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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