In a closely-watched case, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-2 that Google’s copying of over 11,000 lines of Oracle’s application programming interface (API) code was permissible fair use under ...

“What is the point in obtaining a copyright in software? Not much, if Google can copy 11,500 lines of your code and it can still be a fair use. Copyrights just don ...

Microsoft's Visual Studio extension guru Mads Kristensen is at it again, taking a developer request and turning it into a handy tool, which he has put out there for experimentation and feedback. This ...

The legal feud between Oracle (ORCL) and Google (GOOG) over alleged copyright and patent infringement has just taken an interesting turn. Oracle amended its complaint to include alleged examples of ...

Copying and pasting code from the internet is one of the biggest open secrets in computer programming. And trust me, we all do it. That’s because there are question-and-answer sites like StackOverflow ...