Oracle Claims Google Doesn’t Have Tech Industry Support in High Court Case
Google doesn’t have the tech industry support it claimed before the Supreme Court in Oracle’s lawsuit against Google’s use of Java programming code, Oracle Executive Vice President Ken Glueck wrote Monday (see 2001310027 and 2001130050). “A close read of Google’s…
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Amicus briefs reveals that Google appears to be virtually alone -- at least among the technology community -- in seeking to weaken copyright for software,” Glueck wrote. The Internet Association, the Computer & Communications Industry Association, Microsoft, Mozilla, Reddit, Etsy and the Electronic Frontier Foundation back Google in the case. A wide range of consumers, developers, scientists and businesses agree open software interfaces promote innovation, and no single company should be able to monopolize it, said a Google spokesperson: “Openness and interoperability have helped developers create a variety of new products that consumers use to communicate, work, and play across different platforms.”