On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:33:26 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > Please consider that in the Oracle vs Google case, Oracle ended up with > 9-line copying (plus a few test files), and the judge decided that *as* > *a* *matter* *of* *law* copyright infringement had occurred for those 9 > lines. > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120510205659643#1119 > > That's what a very smart judge decided in a huge trial with some of the > countries top lawyers involved. > > I don't have any clear idea what is not substantial enough to qualify for > copyright, but this very simple code did > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3940683 Do you think a few more verdicts like that will influence small FLOSS projects? In that they will not apply proposed fixes "faster, faster, faster", http://www.i-programmer.info/news/193-android/4224-oracle-v-google-judge-is-a-programmer.html but will spend a bit more time on creating the fixes/code changes themselves? -- Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) - Linux 3.4.4-5.fc17.x86_64 loadavg: 0.33 0.26 0.41 -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
