Re: Status quo?
"Good question. It's the status quo for the stated reasons: the courts have decided in Oracle's favor (which is why it's at the Supremes now, brought here by Google) and it's the position of the US government."
I'm not sure that's really a good way of defining the status quo. In legal terms, sure, the Supremes might favour not overturning a lower court's decision, so in a sense it's the legal status quo. But in terms of actual software development, which is the relevant point given that's what the case is about, there really doesn't seem to be a status quo at all. No matter which way the SCOTUS rules, it's going to set a definitive rule for how things must be done where no such rule previously existed.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
