> Oracle’s lawyers wrote. "The next Oracle will think twice about investing as heavily in a venture like Java if it knows that any competitor could freely copy its work to compete directly against it."

It would make me terribly happy if Oracle would refrain from doing so. I think this case is ridiculous. The same developer implemented a range check in the same way he did 10 years ago. Yes, copyright for software is broken...

And the lines in question were even removed, which is a tragedy itself, but I cannot see Oracle as anything but hugely detrimental to software. Developers should ignore anything they touch.

If they do indeed rule in favor of Oracle, it wouldn't be undermining OSS, it would undermine the whole judiciary system. It would be scientifically proven bullshit.

  private static void rangeCheck(int arrayLen, int fromIndex, int toIndex {
     if (fromIndex > toIndex)
          throw new IllegalArgumentException("fromIndex(" + fromIndex +
               ") > toIndex(" + toIndex+")");
     if (fromIndex < 0)
          throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(fromIndex);
     if (toIndex > arrayLen) 
          throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(toIndex);
  }