On 9/4/2017 10:54 AM, Vadim Lopatin wrote:
That said, I don't know if the Oracle v. Google case and its precedent that
APIs are copyrightable impact this common understanding. After all, it was
commonly understood prior to that case that that copyright applies to
implementations, not interfaces. Now that the court has established the
opposite, does the same hold true for licensing? I don't know of any legal
cases that have decided either way.
If APIs do not have copyright protections, then licensing rules do not apply.
It looks like we need to get permission from 17 developers - all x11 binding
contributors.
Additionally, contributors to Deimos/libX11
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WalterBright
Of course I grant mine.
