Java API definitions In Part 1, I explained the distinction between prescriptive and descriptive API use. In a prescriptive definition, the API drives code creation, whereas in a descriptive ...

In 2006 email thread, Rubin said that Sun owned the intellectual property and brand for Java and that the Java.lang APIs were copyrighted. Over the next several years his thinking changed.

Judge: Oracle Java API elements not copyrightable, related claims against Google dismissed Juge William Alsup ruled that the structure, sequence, and organization of 37 Java APIs were not covered ...

In this two-part tutorial you’ll learn how to put Java APIs at the heart of your design and development process, from concept to coding. Part 1 starts with an overview and introduces you to ...

Jonathan Schwartz testifies that Java APIs were not considered proprietary or protected by Sun, as long as Google didn't use the Java name, countering Oracle's claims that Google infringed on its ...

Oracle said the Java APIs were like a beautiful painting. Google said they were more like a file cabinet. And in the end, Judge William Alsup came closest to agreeing with Google, comparing an API ...

Java 24 adds several new features to the language, such as the availability of the Stream Gatherers API and Class-File API, ...

Google trial ruled that the structure of the Java APIs that Oracle was trying to assert can't be copyrighted at all.

A federal appeals court on Friday reversed a federal judge's ruling that Oracle's Java API's were not protected by copyright. The debacle started when Google copied certain elements—names ...

JSR-353, the Java API for JSON Processing (JSON-P), has reached final approval ballot this month. JSON-P (similar to JAXP) consists of a Streaming API (similar to StAX) and an Object Model API ...