That's literally the next sentence that you intentionally omitted.
And I've seen plenty of people paint Oracle as some evil boogeyman like this is some good vs evil struggle.
Oracle wasn't trying to make Bad Things happen. They were seeking damages from a damaging situation, and if bad things had happened... I'd blame the patent trolls and judges that enable them.
Their insanity continues regardless of the verdict after all, and there are plenty of otherwise reasonable takes ruined by their existence.
They were seeking damages from a damaging situation, and if bad things had happened... I'd blame the patent trolls and judges that enable them.
The issue at hand is about copyright not patents.
And note that I'm not saying that nothing bad can, or will, ever happen again. I'm just saying that the consequences of this decision coming down the other way would have been Very Bad, which makes the current decision a Very Good Thing in general.
And I've seen plenty of people paint Oracle as some evil boogeyman like this is some good vs evil struggle.
Oracle wasn't trying to make Bad Things happen. They were seeking damages from a damaging situation, and if bad things had happened... I'd blame the patent trolls and judges that enable them.
Their insanity continues regardless of the verdict after all, and there are plenty of otherwise reasonable takes ruined by their existence.