Stephen Karpathakis

Technical Writing
Laura Erturk
6/22/2015
WTE 6
Samuels, J. (2011, May 20). Apple Should Stand Up and Defend its Developers. Retrieved
June 22, 2015, from https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/05/apple-should-stand-up
Summary

In this article, the Author Julie Samuel talks about the current issues regarding mobile
app and code patents within the company of Apple. The author goes into detail by saying
since Apple updates their legal license frequently, developers are protected from liability
issues. However, she concludes that, because Apple update their legal license frequently,
every developer has to pay huge percentage fee to Apple which causes more issues to the
consumer as well as the developer creating a big debate.

How it related or will be used

This relates to our project because it gives another legal viewpoint of what other
companies are doing regarding who owns what. With Apple having its own set of
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), our group has to look into their company as
well to see if there are any issues regarding these kinds of legal issues. Then it raises the
topic of, should we use Apples APIs to be taught in school or should we look for another
programming language instead.

Willmott, S. (2014, June 4). Copyright and APIs, Reflecting on Oracle vs Google. Retrieved
June 22, 2015.
Summary

This article talks about last years Oracle vs Google court cast and the topic surrounding
copyright issues regarding programming APIs. The author mentions that the judge of the
court case appeared to be in favor of Oracle instead of Google. This resulted in leaving
both companies questioning certain software patents. In addition, programmers,
developers, and employees, are now questioning if copyrights can be placed on code
libraries/files since most APIs have a lot of overlap and reuse.
How it relates or will be used

It relates to our project because it highlights the uncertainly that is currently ongoing in
the case as with Apple above. The fact that the judge has been in favor of Oracle shows
that there may be reasons to believe that that Supreme Court could possible side with
Oracle in this case. This add more of a 2 side discussion in our project in terms of Oracle.

Reges, S. (n.d.). Microsoft Word - 3D8BF46B-425A-A242.doc - csharp.pdf. Retrieved June 22,

2015, from http://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse341/09au/notes/csharp.pdf
Summary
This web article talks about trying to figure out the question of, Can the programming
language C# replace Java in certain computer science classes? The author of the article
tries to find support for his/her view by giving examples of how C# can replace Java in
certain computer science classes. The author of the article, ties to find support for
his//her view by giving examples of how C# can replace JAVA and their motivation
behind it. Things like: how much easier it is to use, offering more featuring than JAVA,
and the code being more organized than others, and so forth.
How it relates or will be used
This relates to our project in terms of asking the question Can the programming
language C# replace Java? If so, then should we teach this in class rooms or stick with
Java instead. In addition, if C# does replace Java, what are the legal issues regarding it
since theirs so much debate around who owns it? This will help our group overall, since
our project is mainly focused on this subject.