“Computer programs differ to some extent from many other copyrightable works because computer programs always serve a functional purpose. Because of these differences, fair use has an important role ...

The vast majority of developers who use a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) language still use Java, but a sizable chunk of the population is shifting to Kotlin, a JVM-compatible language developed by ...

Software developers are breathing a sigh of relief. If the court had sided with Oracle, then the ruling may have opened the door for lawsuits targeting API use across the tech sector. For over a ...

A dozen teenagers in military fatigues sit quietly fiddling with small devices in antistatic bags, waiting, like the other kids around them, for further instruction. A teacher murmurs a few sentences ...

Ten years ago, Oracle argued that Google had infringed Oracle's copyright, by copying the "structure, sequence, and organization" of 37 Java application programming interfaces (APIs) into Android.

In a vast San Francisco conference room, children quietly sit at workstations, awaiting instructions. When it comes time to open the boxes each one has sitting in front of them, they do so eagerly.

Oracle is unveiling a program that it says will help vendors more easily sell technology, including artificial intelligence, to the Department of Defense. The program, called the Oracle Defense ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - James Gosling, creator of the Java computer language and one of the most prominent employees in Oracle Corp's newly acquired Sun Microsystems, has resigned from Oracle. Gosling, who ...