M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
[snip...]
Does the copyright concept even apply to an
abstract base class (I thought APIs were not
subject to copyright, just like database layouts
and language definitions)?
It applies to the written program text. You are probably
thinking about other IP rights such as patents or designs.
You need to read Van Lindberg's excellent book on intellectual property
rights and open source (which is about American law and European law
will be different). Mere collections of facts are not copyrightable as
they are not creative (the basis of copyright) and this is presumed to
apply to parts of software like header files and interface descriptions
- which could easily apply to ABCs in Python.
I recommend his book by the way - I'm about half way through so far and
it is highly readable
Michael Foord
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http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/
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