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Perspective

Jun. 8, 2016

Where do copyleft licenses stand after the Google verdict?

Despite what some say, even if its upheld on appeal, the Oracle v. Google fair use jury verdict will not destroy the enforceability of all copyleft licenses. By Tennille Christensen

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By Tennille Christensen

Oracle v. Google, the biggest software copyright case in the United States, is still winding its way through the courts. We received a unanimous jury verdict finding fair use of the application program interfaces (APIs) at issue last month. But even presiding Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California acknowledged that the issue is far from closed by stating after the ver...

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