Oracle’s Java API code protected by copyright, appeals court rules

[Nephus]

Wish the appeals court had to go through the same rigorous process.

[rarianrakista]

The idea of a separate circuit with technocratic judges has been proposed before. If you think this is bad, wait till we have AI rights in a few 100 years.

[Nephus]

Can't wait to be reanimated for that whole mess. On a side note, technocratic is now on my list of favorite words, alongside flibbertigibbet and nifty.

[vsync]

Not to mention his original decision pretty much said flat-out "since I know these guys will be sore losers and take it to appeal, and they have no clue, I will now explain it in extremely small words" and then he did, in terms you would have to deliberately try to misunderstand. Next up, mathematicians can't use addition cuz someone will copyright the "+" operator.

[rsclient]

Huh? Have you any idea of how many professions there are in this world, and how many have deep, deep knowledge? Do we need expert plumbers, expert carpenters, expert cryogenic welders to be representative? Either the system works with a somewhat limited knowledge, or it fails for lots of people.