"Held: Google’s copying of the Java SE API, which included only those lines of code that were needed to allow programmers to put their accrued talents to work in a new and transformative program, was a fair use of that material as a matter of law. Pp. 11–36."

interesting site to browse around -- not necessarily the "best practices" in my opinion, but a pretty decent reference

Java and C# comparison: what microsoft changed after stealing Java

Core info for accessing the DOM from a Java applet. Could potentially be used for low overhead, low latency communications with the server ...

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