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Re: [LUG] Oracle and Google's Android copyright row trial begins

 

On 16/04/12 10:52, tom wrote:
> On 16/04/12 10:37, Roland Tarver wrote:
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17705873
>>
>> "Oracle's claim that Google violated several of its patents and
>> copyrights goes to trial in a San Francisco court on Monday.
>>
>> It is one of the biggest such tech lawsuits to date. Oracle is
>> claiming about $1bn (£630m) in compensation.
>>
>> The Java developer claims Google's Android system infringes
>> intellectual property rights relating to the programming language."
>> ......
>>
>> Hmmm could this end badly for floss?
>>
>> Either way, it seems a huge and expensive effort. I would be very
>> interested to see which is the greatest; money spent on software
>> development or money spent of software legal fees!?
>>
>> roly :-(
>>
> And don’t forget to check out www.groklaw.net for ongoing commentary
> and lunacy. Wish we had a law site like that in this country...
> Tom te tom te tom
>
I wonder if they would let us register groklaw-uk.net and do something
similar perhaps work with them as we would have the same or similar aims
and objectives

Paul

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