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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 24 2012 @ 03:24 AM EDT

Every time they lose it is going to be harder to win the
"next one". The law probably does need to change regarding
patentability of software but it doesn't hurt to have a
boatload of case law on your side, and I do agree that we
are not there yet. The GPL has been influential in these
cases and that is a good trend. The shakedown artists are
going to need a decisive win here somewhere or I expect
that these types of lawsuits will become more common
between proprietary vendors. The counter-intuitive effect of this will be to
drive more developers and companies to
the GPL. Oracle may very well appeal this all the way to
some intergalactic commission and appeals and re-trials may
go on for years but the shakedown aspect of this one
is over. We win.

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