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Has this theory been tested in similar cases at all or is it entirely untested ground? Is this perhaps what mingw and WINE did?
by ChrisSD 7y ago
Has this theory been tested in similar cases at all or is it entirely untested ground? Is this perhaps what mingw and WINE did?
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoPlease correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression this was exactly what the Oracle vs Google copyright lawsuit was about.
- nikanj 7y agoNo, that one is about reimplementing an api
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoIsn't that basically the same thing? Whether an API itself is expressive enough to be copyrighted.
- mikekchar 7y agoI believe it was as well. It was considered to be copyright infringement, but the judge allowed fair use for the purpose that Google used it for. Which means, that it would be copyright infringement to do something similar, but you might be able to use the fair use defence if someone sued you. This means, however, that it will almost certainly go to court and you will have to retain a lawyer. So unless you have lots of money (and are willing to risk it), you shouldn't do something similar to what Google did.