Many Java applications started from the command line take arguments to control their behavior. These arguments are available in the string array argument passed into the application’s static main() ...

When Google used 37 Java API packages to build the Android operating system a decade ago, did it use "open and free" tools to build a transformative product? Alternatively, did Google simply steal the ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. After almost two full weeks of testimony, the copyright phase of the Oracle vs. Google infringement trial wrapped ...

I find myself needing to write a Java console application and am quite rusty. Can anyone recommend a good analogue to Python's optparse library (or comment on the Apache Commons CLI)? Also, this is ...

The justices finished up the first week of the new term by finally hearing argument in Google v. Oracle, a case that has been pending at the Supreme Court since the fall of 2018. The high-stakes ...

The Supreme Court's eight justices on Wednesday seemed skeptical of Google's argument that application programming interfaces (APIs) are not protected by copyright law. The high court was hearing oral ...