On 12 May 2014, at 19:23, TJ <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi >> Short version >> In EU have already decided that api is not copyrighted. it was a trial a >> company implement api/function of another program and program languaes. and >> it is fair use and you have right reimplement. > > My reading of directive 2009/24/EC contradicts your interpretation. > ... > > This text seems to carefully carve out "ideas and principles" that "underlie > its interfaces" > as not being protected, but it doesn't say interfaces as expressions aren't > protected.
I am afraid that I have not yet had a chance to get to grips with the Oracle v. Google case, but you might find the discussion before the High Court, and the Court of Appeal, in the SAS v. WPL case in the UK, to be of interest, along with the reference for the Court of Justice of the European Union, in interpreting the computer programs directive: High Court: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2013/69.html CJEU reference: http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?docid=122362&doclang=EN Court of Appeal: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/1482.html There is summary here: http://www.scl.org/site.aspx?i=ne34424 but, as with the case itself, “tortuous” is a fair description. Enjoy :) Neil __________ Neil Brown [email protected] | http://neilzone.co.uk
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