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| Authored by: calris74 on Thursday, May 31 2012 @ 11:49 PM EDT |
Very few companies in Google's place would have
taken the risks
associated with his before the trial began,
and the risks that still
remain.
Very few companies are as courageous as Google. Unlike
Novell when SCO came-a-knocking
even he is clearly unsure of the
defensibility
of his ruling on appeal, even though he certainly didn't
make
that concession in the order itself.
Maybe somebody should have
been following the trial rather
than drinking from the coolaide fountain. I'm
sure the Judge
is >> 50% sure an appeal will fail
With the
greatest respect for Judge Alsup, he
doesn't have the final
say
Although truthful in it's content, I see no level of
respect in that statement. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 01 2012 @ 03:23 AM EDT |
As of now, Google's decision to defend its position at a
trial has paid off: it gets away unscathed, at least for another couple of
years, with what it's done
So, Google is as guilty as sin - It's
just that Oracle haven't found a way to prove it yet
No, it is
just that there is no law against what they did. They most certainly
did profit from Sun's work of establishing Java. But the popularity of
Java (and thus Sun's business) most certainly also depended on the perception
that the language and library definition of Java was free to use (and frankly:
without that, you could not even write third-party textbooks without
permission).
The law provided a win/win situation for participants in the
market, as it should. And Oracle wanted to win all. It is true that Google
profited from Sun's work and was able to carry off its winnings. The purpose of
the law is to balance individual interests to arrive at a whole picture
advancing the common good.
Given the frankly lunatic terms in
"click-through" contracts everybody takes for granted, it is easy for companies
to forget that they don't own their customers and are not owners of every direct
or indirect consequence of their work.
It is certainly a valid view that
Google ripped Sun off. But that does not mean they breached the law or the
rules supposed to govern the marketplace of ideas. It is not like Oracle does
not take advantage of its rights when on the receiving side of benefits in this
market. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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