Not all API s are protected, but when you copy a widget API for the express
purpose of compatibility, it has to be compatible. Think aftermarket
parts, they have to follow the interface for the purpose of compatibility.
What was the purpose of copying chunks of Java? It is not compatible...
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On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 01:05:09PM +0200, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> As far as I understand the ruling the higher court just didn't like
> that the lower court just said the API as a whole wasn't copyrightable.
> They would have liked the lower court to say that the APIs as published
> was declared cop
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 09:06:40AM +0100, Chris Burdess wrote:
> Hello Classpath hackers,
>
> What do you think the recent API copyrightability ruling
>
>
> http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/images/stories/opinions-orders/13-1021.Opinion.5-7-2014.1.PDF
>
> means for non-Oracle (non-OpenJDK) Java lib
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