Comment Re:default methods for interfaces (Score 1) 189
Java developers tend not to have issues with future proofing for new functions in interfaces.
I fail to see how "show an advertisement based on message content" is either inventive or non-obvious to an expert in the field.
And who said that they patented exactly that?
Provided that you own a copy of the source code, modifying and compiling it in order to run it is not infringing per the Copyright Act; no implicit license is needed for that. The implicit license is needed for downloading the source code lawfully, prior to any compiling taking place. I've pointed others to it, but please check out 17 USC 117.
Has it been tested in court? In relation to no-explicit-license source code?
One possible reason that things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan in the first place.