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GPL might lose rights over API, but it shouldn't have them in the first place and certainly never intended to.
by Joof 10y ago
GPL might lose rights over API, but it shouldn't have them in the first place and certainly never intended to.
- dogma1138 10y agoWhile it's a hyperbole the argument stems from 2 things as i can see it: The fact that Google ignored license restrictions, and the fact that Google "reworte" SUN's/Oracle's code and released it on a different license. The lawyer thinks this can be used as a precedent for other companies to violate GPL in general not just where an API is concerned and this ruling would decrease the level of protection that GPL provides making companies less likely to use it for their software.