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afiori
4y ago
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The when Oracle won its copyright lawsuit against google it was because of a 8 line bound checking utility function.
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dekhn
4y ago
Not only was that not the only code in question, you left out the conclusion!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_...
. It went to the supreme court, they concluded fair use, FU oracle.
antihero
4y ago
I was talking more about ethics than the law. I try to live adjacent to the law (to an extent that is reasonable and sane) in all fairness, as it will never be in-line with my ethics.
redox99
4y ago
Source?
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