Last week, Google won a major victory in its lawsuit against Oracle. The case, which centers around Google’s implementation of JAVA in the Android operating system, has gotten a lot of press in tech circles, especially for those interested in mobile devices.
However, The true impact of the ruling will likely be felt by almost anyone who uses a computer, but especially anyone who is blogging or routinely posting content on the Web, such as bloggers. Or at least it could have been.
That makes it important to really understand what the case was about, what the judge said and what that could mean for other potential cases in the future.
Though it’s a ruling that is seemingly just one part of a much larger case, it has the potential to become one of the most important legal rulings in the development of the Web and, possibly, modern computing in general. [Read more…] about What the Google/Oracle Ruling Means to Bloggers