{"id":3458,"date":"2016-06-04T21:22:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T03:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=3458"},"modified":"2018-04-16T14:02:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T20:02:20","slug":"u-cant-use-our-apis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/u-cant-use-our-apis\/","title":{"rendered":"u can’t use our apis"},"content":{"rendered":"

g<\/span>o<\/span>o<\/span>g<\/span>l<\/span>e <\/span><\/strong>doesn’t owe<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(have to pay)\u00a0oracle<\/strong> anything for using their apis<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(a<\/span>pplication p<\/span>rogram i<\/span>nterface) to build the android<\/strong> platform. \u00a0this recent\u00a0legal victory will probably not\u00a0bring an end to the\u00a0litigation<\/em><\/strong> (legal action) between the two silicon valley companies. oracle is expected to appeal<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (ask for a different decision from a higher court), which would extend a legal process that started in 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"google<\/p>\n

timothy b. lee<\/strong> of vox.com<\/strong> notes<\/a> that\u00a0the general public is not particularly interested in this legal battle.<\/p>\n

the immediate stakes<\/em> in the case are not that interesting for anyone but the companies involved \u2014 either<\/em> google will have to write oracle a big check or<\/em> it won’t.<\/h4>\n

stakes<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0are\u00a0consequences<\/em> of the case or what is being disputed<\/em>. either <\/em><\/strong>and or<\/em><\/strong> are presenting two alternatives.<\/p>\n

\"high<\/h6>\n
one of the many tv poker shows that were popular during the 2000s. the stakes were high<\/span> because players played for real money.<\/em><\/h6>\n

public disinterest notwithstanding<\/strong><\/em> (in spite of it), lee elaborates these details about the lawsuit…<\/p>\n

google wanted people who wrote programs in the popular programming language java to be able to reuse their code in android apps. to do that, google had to ensure<\/em> that java code written for other purposes ran exactly the same on android. but negotiations with the company behind java, sun microsystems (which was later acquired by oracle), broke down<\/em>, so google decided to create its own<\/em> version of java from scratch<\/em>.\u00a0google’s version of java didn’t reuse any code from oracle’s version. but to ensure<\/em> compatibility, google’s version used functions with the same names and functionality.<\/h4>\n

ensure<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>means guarantee<\/em> or be sure<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"ensure<\/em><\/h6>\n
a product that ensures<\/span> u will poop regularly.<\/em><\/h6>\n

break<\/em> down<\/em><\/strong> means google’s talks with sun microsystems ended without\u00a0finding a good agreement<\/em>. \u00a0its own<\/em><\/strong> means google built a version of java themselves<\/em>. from scratch<\/strong><\/em> is starting from zero, from the beginning, with nothing.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"baking<\/h6>\n
do u know how to make\u00a0bread from scratch<\/span>?<\/em><\/h6>\n

klint finley<\/strong> at wired.com<\/strong><\/a> explains<\/p>\n

programmers routinely borrow apis from existing products either<\/em> to ensure<\/em> compatibility between products or<\/em> simply to make it easier to learn a new product. an oracle victory could have seriously curtailed<\/em> that practice, hindering<\/em> the creation of new software.<\/h4>\n

curtail<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i>(cut back) and hinder<\/strong><\/em> (create problems for) are related ideas and synonyms in some instances.\u00a0could have curtailed<\/strong><\/em> is a hypothetical situation (3rd conditional) because oracle didn’t win.<\/p>\n

fun english practice\u00a0\":)\"\u00a0richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n

nevertheless<\/strong><\/em><\/a>,(but, anyway) lee points out<\/a> that because of the\u00a0ruling earlier in this conflict that apis can be copyrighted,<\/p>\n

many companies and individual programmers may shy away<\/em> from<\/em> entirely reasonable projects because of the risk of litigation<\/em>.<\/h4>\n

shy away from<\/em><\/strong> means avoid<\/em>, not do it<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"a<\/h6>\n
he likes her, but she’s shying away.<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n

sam varghese<\/strong> of it wire<\/strong><\/a> also recognized the importance of the legal decision to copyright apis<\/p>\n

prior to<\/em> the google-oracle case, apis were not covered by copyright….[and it has]queered the pitch<\/em> for all developers.<\/h4>\n

prior to<\/strong><\/em> means before. queer the pitch<\/strong><\/em> is a very british sounding phrase that means the decision ruined developers opportunities<\/em>. varghese describes the issue, as it applies to developers, like this<\/p>\n

google won the recent case against oracle because it has deep pockets<\/em> and is able to hire highly-paid lawyers to defend its use of others’ code.\u00a0not all developers can afford<\/em> lawyers who can represent them were they to be sued<\/em> for copying apis in the course of developing software.<\/h4>\n

deep pockets<\/strong><\/em> means they have a lot of money<\/em>. \u00a0afford<\/strong><\/em> refers to having enough money. \u00a0it is often used with can\/can’t. \u00a0were they to be sued<\/strong><\/em> is a hypothetical situation (second conditional–were IS NOT past tense here). sue<\/strong><\/em> is legally demanding money to pay for damages<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"deep<\/h6>\n
these pockets are deep<\/span>, but google’s are deeper.\u00a0(joe-hamilton.blogspot.mx)<\/em><\/h6>\n

do u care about google’s win in the latest round of this litigation<\/em>? are u a software developer? \u00a0how do u feel about apis<\/em> being copyrighted? \u00a0share your opinion under leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n