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Let's say Google loses... badly. What will be the practical consequences for us software engineers?

• umvi 6y ago
  The consequences will be that people will only use open standards and languages. Proprietary languages and APIs will be shunned because you'll be permanently locked in with compatible alternatives illegal.
  • sthomas1618 6y ago
    So in case of Oracle, OpenJDK will still be viable?
  • mamon 6y ago
    So, after initial fallout it is a long-term win for software industry, right? ;)
    • dodobirdlord 6y ago
      Yea, though the fallout will be pretty bad when IBM comes trolling around with their shiny new copyright on SQL. Copyright lasts 70 years from the death of the author, so IBM would be handed an active infringement claim on basically every company that has ever sold a database product.
      • umvi 6y ago
        I hope Oracle gets hit extra hard in that case