Re: Sun's Jini Technology Public License (JTPL)

[Aaron M. Renn]

Paul Fisher wrote:
> Sun's taking the stance that an API can be copyrighted.  This issue
> hasn't been 100% settled in the courts.

If Sun makes you agree to their contract before giving you the spec, then
that is a contract issue not a copyright issue.  They are trying to keep the
spec covered as a trade secret.  For specs you can download without signing
a license (which actually includes the Java api, since you can just use
anonymous ftp if you know the path, which I do) then they would be making
the more dubious claim that their API is copyright.

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