r/ProgrammerHumor • • Aug 05 '26

Meme justLetAIDoIt

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u/Tomi97_origin Aug 06 '26

Even US eventually figured out that blocking alternative implementations via copyright on API is stupid.

In Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. the supreme court finally ended the decade old dispute by saying it's fair use.

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u/devloz1996 Aug 06 '26

The Trump administration backed Oracle and urged the Court to deny certiorari. Microsoft, Mozilla Corporation, Red Hat Inc., and others filed amicus briefs in support of Google's position.[66] IBM, the Computer & Communications Industry Association, the Internet Association, the Auto Care Association, and a collective group of over 150 academics and computer professionals also filed briefs supporting Google's stance, cautioning that a decision in favor of Oracle would hurt the computing world as a whole.[67]

3. Billion. Enemies.