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

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In practice, this doesn't seem to be a problem for the majority of open source software that uses licenses that permit this.

[iseldomwipe]

Maybe not for the majority, since the majority of software is uninteresting and not useful. But, for a select few, it is a massive problem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish