> Look at it this way, if oracle loses, then what’s the implications of the software licenses in general. The whole point is that they were protected by copyright. If that’s shot down, then what’s at stake?
An Oracle loss would not damage the legal framework that the software industry has been operating under. Oracle's loss would only confirm the non-existence of a new class of copyright that Oracle is trying to invent (one that appears to be patent protections with copyright duration, enforced in part by trademarks). An Oracle loss would not undermine the legal foundations of existing copyrights on code that implements an API.
An Oracle loss would not damage the legal framework that the software industry has been operating under. Oracle's loss would only confirm the non-existence of a new class of copyright that Oracle is trying to invent (one that appears to be patent protections with copyright duration, enforced in part by trademarks). An Oracle loss would not undermine the legal foundations of existing copyrights on code that implements an API.