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That's akin to saying that someone wrote about English grammar and you copied it in your comment by structuring your sentence in a certain way, using punctuatio
by kodablah 7y ago
That's akin to saying that someone wrote about English grammar and you copied it in your comment by structuring your sentence in a certain way, using punctuation, etc.
- vxNsr 7y agoIt's more akin to someone who wrote a book and I copied the title and each chapter heading and then rewrote each chapter in my own words.
- hu3 7y agoPerhaps not the best analogy since that could fall into Derivative Work category depending on the judge's interpretation of reimplementing APIs.
- to11mtm 7y agoBut that IS the analogy. And it fits. If Google would have even changed namespaces in question API I would not be having to take Oracle's side here.
- arkitaip 7y agoPretty much. I'm not saying that Oracle is the right party here but it was a sleazy move by Google. The fact that many of us benefited from Google's actions as users shouldn't prevent us from seeing this. Imagine if Google pulled the same stunt targeting your startup - i.e. verbatim copying your software's method signatures - would you be ok with it?
- andromeduck 7y agoAnd what if Google sued my startup for copying their API or just mocking some APIs for testing?