Two years ago its case seemed dead in the water, but Oracle now can pursue its high-profile copyright suit against Google over Android's use of Java.

News Google Wins—Java APIs Are a Fair Use, High Court Rules The Supreme Court justices rule 6-2 that Google used only the amount of Oracle code necessary to transform Java into "a highly ...

Oracle calls dibs on the Java APIs, even if Java itself is open. If the court agrees, it'll be bad news for developers everywhere.