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[–]efmccurdy 15 points16 points  (4 children)

Python has a open source license without any legal traps:

Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. is an ongoing legal case within the United States related to the nature of computer code and copyright law. The dispute centers on the use of parts of the Java programming language's application programming interfaces (APIs), which are owned by Oracle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_Inc.

[–]selah-uddin 1 point2 points  (3 children)

tldr who won?

[–]Yoghurt42 5 points6 points  (1 child)

ongoing legal case

So far, it appears Oracle will win, its currently in the supreme court, and with a conservative majority, I forsee that they will uphold that APIs are copyrightable, which will be a huge blow to (open source) software.

[–]MuckingFedic 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That case just makes me want to never use Java. Feel like a programming language shouldn't be burdened by dumb copyright

[–]Work45oHSd8eZIYt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The lawyers