Google essentially loses, but verdict is a mixed bag. Let the appeals begin.

>For me the more interesting part is whether API structure is deemed copyrightable at all -
>which Alsup reserves for himself. The "automatic tainting of clean room"
>IMHO is a poision pill from Sun days which should not be allowed.
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>But from MS/Sun trial I guess my views are too piratical for US IP law.
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>We'll see soon enough (and probably an appeal as well)
>And I might look up my old sources to see if there isn't a copy-method predating Java,
>which has a method signature found again in the Java API. Must be worth a lot.
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>thomas
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