Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc.

Filing 1804

REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON GPL v.2 WITH CLASSPATH EXCEPTION. Signed by Judge Alsup on 5/3/16. (whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/3/2016)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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ORACLE AMERICA, INC.,
No. C 10-03561 WHA

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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Plaintiff,
v.
REQUEST FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON GPL v.2 WITH
CLASSPATH EXCEPTION

GOOGLE INC.,

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Defendant.
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By 10 A.M. TOMORROW, both sides shall submit a short statement with absolute

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accuracy stating when GPL v.2 with Classpath exception became available on the GNU

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Classpath project for the Java class libraries. Please state all relevant time periods when this

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became available.

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What witnesses at trial will be able to explain with authority the apparent difference of

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opinion between Google and Oracle on the liberality or not of the GPL v.2 with Classpath

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exception?

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The Court is considering setting a hearing for 8:00 a.m on Thursday morning on the

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issue of the GPL v.2 with Classpath exception and the GNU Classpath project. If such a

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hearing is held, it would be essential that a representative with exceedingly accurate information

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appeared and argued.

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Dated: May 3, 2016.

WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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