Does it apply in the United States in our courts?
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and a rant about DRM?
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First off, I read the article, and that lawyer was being deliberately obnoxious. He might also have been inexcusably ignorant for someone in his position, but he might just have been being a jerk.
Second, unlike the case of Keys, they arenât judging Schwartz, so he really has no particular incentive to be more civil to them than they deserve, as long as he can stay on this side of a contempt charge.
Also from the Article :
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Weâll find out when Cory blogs about the same story in a couple of daysâ time.
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I honestly canât tell what your stance is, but it looks a little like youâre on the side that has decided the best strategy is just calling everyone who understands APIs (in this case, everyone who is qualified to have an opinion) a mean name.
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Wish I had seen this first (this bbs doesnât show more than one level of nested posts at first). It clarifies your viewpoint. I still completely disagree; every extension of copyright/patents over software has been massively bad for everyone, with almost no benefit to anyone. Itâs the only reason you canât play minigames or do something interesting while a video game level loads, to pick one tiny example. I do see what youâre saying though.
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I wonder how Cory would have spun this story.
#Save Sun Microsystems!
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Only 6 years too late for that!
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Oh, it benefits the copyright holders and their attorneys.
Yes, I should have said âno benefit to almost anyoneâ.
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The best analogy Iâve found to explain what an API is, is to compare it to a carâs commands: driving wheel, pedals, levers, displays, etc. Two cars with different engines and overall wiring and even size, can share the same UI. Two cars with the same engine can have different UIs.
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Lovely! But I feel that your explanation would serve best to explain it all to geeks/nerds, who understand these subjects anyhow.
Yay⌠I am a ânerdâ and âthat friendâ because I care about open source⌠When the hell did Boing Boing turn into this site where everything not apple was seen as pathetic and sad? Why link to a puff piece mocking the work of us doing things for everyone on our spare time?
I couldnât care less about what happens with some multimillionaire in Silicon Valley, but thanks for taking the part of some adult version of a high school bully mocking the nerds, or someone who think they are being pragmatic bashing FOSS people (hey nice servers, satellites, ISS, CERN computer system etc etc you guys got - you should tell those sweaty nerds to FO). Itâs not like everyone have to high five people who does work for free, used by billions, but it would be grand if you at least didnât mock us for your own amusement. But I guess thatâs what the âcool peopleâ doâŚ?
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Never or ten years ago? Cory quit being an Apple fan boy somewhere around thenâŚ
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So, from a Slashdot comment, I notice that the Judge in question is an amateur programmer. It may be worth reading all of his comments as being for the jury. (You know, those who couldnât get out of jury duty.)
http://www.i-programmer.info/news/193-android/4224-oracle-v-google-judge-is-a-programmer.html
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The piece was mocking a group of nerds failing to connect with normals in a courtroom, but I didnât see anything mocking the work of volunteers doing stuff. (I was honestly pretty amused by the piece, but I like Sarah Jeongâs work in general, and maybe am biased.)
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Wonder if he ever modded that Apple tat.
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Sounds more like Ayn Rand, really.
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Well, how would you tell the court itâs completely out of its depth making that kind of charge? James Gosling left a few notes, so itâs not beyond the pale to read some understanding of thoseâŚcopy fee for the prosecuting attorney, 10 billionâŚsomething. Fresh cocoa beans.
