Supreme Court Sides with Google in Landmark Software Copyright Case Over Java APIs

Supreme Court Sides with Google in Landmark Software Copyright Case Over Java APIs

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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled on Monday that Google did not commit copyright infringement when it used 37 Java APIs in its Android mobile operating system without Oracle's permission.

In its 6-2 ruling, the high court held that "Google’s copying of the Java SE API, which included only those lines of code that were needed to allow programmers to put their accrued talents to work in a new and transformative program, was a fair use of that material as a matter of law."