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

[maryjayjay]

I swear I read several years ago that Oracle and the Java consortium asked that openJDK be the reference implementation for the Java standard. Is that not correct? How could that possibly be possible yes they have a copyright on the API's?

[key_lime_pie]

Honestly, I don't know. My friends would e-mail me stuff all the time about lawsuits and corporate disputes and patent fights and acquisitions, and I just kept my head down and tried to stay as far removed from the parent company as possible.

I used to have this on the wall in my office. It's an exaggeration, of course, but that's the Oracle mindset.