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The work as a whole for Q1

Authored by: mschmitz on Friday, April 27 2012 @ 06:26 PM EDT

The way Q1 is phrased ('all the compilable code for the 37 Java API packages'),
and my programmer brain rapidly substituting 'the entire API library source, not
just the interface', my answer to A) is quite clear:

Oracle simply has not shown any evidence as to similarity in structure, sequence
and organization of the whole work (which would potentially be expressive in
nature). They have offered evidence on the interface portion only, which is
factual and not expressive in nature. So they do not infringe on Oracles
copyright on the whole.

Phrasing the question for the entire compilable code makes this look like a slam
dunk. I must be missing something, again. Can the lack of evidence on the whole
work be used to support a decision in this way?

-- mschmitz

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

You are too informed - Authored by: Ian Al on Saturday, April 28 2012 @ 04:00 AM EDT

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