On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 19:59 -0700, mP wrote: > Im just wondering if an API is not copyrightable and lets say "free" what > does that say of the accompanying documentation ? Is the documentation for > some method or class part of the API, can that info be used to implement a > compatible "copy" ?
The ruling has yet to be confirmed by challenge, but the interpretation
(at least this side of the pond) is that the document presenting the API
remains a copyrightable thing (just as with any document) but the API
itself is not. Thus
double sqrt ( double ) ;
is not copyrightable in itself, but a document with it in is. Seems
like quite a sensible situation really.
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Russel.
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