OffHeap 61. Return of the APIs (Supreme Court Ruling on Oracle v Google)

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Ok, 60 episodes ago, back when were were young and innocent, we started this podcast with coverage on the copyrightability of APIs. There were twist...there were turns! And a ton of nail-biting moments, but, finally it seems that the Supreme Court made a ruling (that APIs are not copyrightable)

In this episode we cover the timeline, the ruling, and the possible effects it means for all of us developers, starting on the original days of Sun, and then going all the way to April 5th. We are not lawyers but pundits, and as such, we engage in punditry as we dissect what the Supreme Court ruling said (is it narrow? overarching? did they get the analogy right?)

Would this turn out to be a George-Lucas moment where there will be more litigation? Episode VII, VIII or IX? or a Jar-Jar Binks moment? We don't know, but we sure be covering them if they happen in our watch!

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JDK 17 Early Releases and Timeline: https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/17/

Oracle releases R2DBC driver https://r2dbc.io/drivers/

Dell will spin off VMware https://www.businessinsider.com/dell-to-spin-off-vmware-stake-2021-4

Oracle v Google FINALLY! https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/18-956_d18f.pdf