Oracle vs Google + Everyone Else' Case Goes To The Suprem Court

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Oracle v. Google and the future of software development is a serious case. Android development was started with Java API's hand in hand a long while ago. Creators of Java applauded ti Android efforts and supported it in every way. 

But not for long, after Oracle purchased the remnants of SUN along with Java platform and only thing I can think of, got greedy. See I did not say "a bit Greedy" because it was greed in a large scale, Like SCO vs Linux (Novell) case, which SCO lost permanently in 2010, June.

Also for us now, we need a similar decision from the supreme court. 

From Google Blog

But after it acquired Java in 2010, Oracle sued us for using these software interfaces, trying to profit by changing the rules of software development after the fact. Oracle’s lawsuit claims the right to control software interfaces—the building blocks of software development—and as a result, the ability to lock in a community of developers who have invested in learning the free and open Java language.

A court initially ruled that the software interfaces in this case are not copyrightable, but that decision was overruled. An unanimous jury then held that our use of the interfaces was a legal fair use, but that decision was likewise overruled. Unless the Supreme Court corrects these twin reversals, this case will end developers’ traditional ability to freely use existing software interfaces to build new generations of computer programs for consumers. Just like we all learn to use computer keyboard shortcuts, developers have learned to use the many standard interfaces associated with different programming languages. Letting these reversals stand would effectively lock developers into the platform of a single copyright holder—akin to saying that keyboard shortcuts can work with only one type of computer.

We really need the Supreme Court will give this case the serious and careful consideration it deserves and solve it to benefit the masses, not a greedy company with an agenda. No matter what the court decision would be, it will be thunder we will hear for decades as far as the software development.

Google filed a petition for writ of certaorari with the Supreme Court of the United States in January 2019 to challenge the two rulings that were made by the Appeals Court towards Oracle's favor. In its petition, Google centered their case on whether copyright extends to a software interface like an API, and whether the use of the Java API by Google fell within fair use as found at the jury trials. You can read more about the case here as well.