US Supreme Court rules for Google over Oracle

The long saga of Oracle's copyright-infringement against Google, whichcopied much of the Java API for use in Android, has come to an end with thisruling [PDF] in favor of Google. "Google's purpose was to create adifferent task-related system for a different computing environment(smartphones) and to create a platform-the Android platform-that would helpachieve and popularize that objective. The record demonstrates numerousways in which reimplementing an interface can further the development ofcomputer programs. Google's purpose was therefore consistent with thatcreative progress that is the basic constitutional objective of copyrightitself."