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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Google on Monday, finding that the Silicon Valley giant did not violate U.S. copyright law when it used a chunk of Oracle’s software code—Java SE’s application programming interface (API)—in developing its Android mobile operating system.
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In a 6-2 decision, the Court held that Google’s software development practices were a fair use of the Java SE API.
Justice Stephen Breyer, in authoring the majority opinion, wrote that Google engineers took “only what was needed” to build a “new and transformative program.”
Kent Walker, Google’s svp of global affairs, called the ruling a “clear victory for consumers, interoperability and computer science.”
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