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There's no other way to "reproduce an API" in Java than to copy the names of methods, classes, interfaces, and packages verbatim. Otherwise, it would not be a c
by jonas21 11y ago
There's no other way to "reproduce an API" in Java than to copy the names of methods, classes, interfaces, and packages verbatim. Otherwise, it would not be a compatible API.
- wvenable 11y agoThe numbers in the telephone book are not copyright-able. You are perfectly able to produce a book of phone numbers in the same order and distribute it. However, if you were to photocopy an existing telephone book then you would be violating copyright. Google did not produce their own compatible files containing the list of methods, classes, and interfaces. They copied Oracle's files.
- jonas21 11y ago> Google did not produce their own compatible files containing the list of methods, classes, and interfaces No, that's exactly what Google did. Google didn't copy any of Oracle's files -- except for 9 lines of code in rangeCheck and a few tests, none of which are central to the case.
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