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The IBM implementation of SQL far predates the ISO standard. Does something being standardized somehow relinquish the copyright? The idea of APIs being copyri
by jmalicki 6y ago
The IBM implementation of SQL far predates the ISO standard. Does something being standardized somehow relinquish the copyright? The idea of APIs being copyrightable is new, has IBM somehow relinquished its copyright claims for SQL to ISO? This article discusses the possibility at length https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/before-it-sued-google-for-copying-from-java-oracle-got-rich-copying-ibms-sql/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/before-it-sued-g...
- rusk 6y agoI think you have to have demonstrated that you have taken steps to protect your copyright. I’d imagine submitting to a standard would relinquish that. Patents on the other hand ...
- jmalicki 6y agoI have heard that a lot for trademarks, do you have reference for copyrights?
- ghaff 6y agoYou absolutely do not have to protect a copyright. Even if a book is out of print, you can't start selling it--or even giving copies away for free. However, although IANAL, I assume that submitting something to a standards body and having it accepted allows those standards to be used in accordance with the terms of the standards body--which BTW may not require that use be free in all cases.
- jlarocco 6y ago> Even if a book is out of print, you can't start selling it--or even giving copies away for free. That's not exactly true. You can't photocopy it and start printing your own. But if you have legal copies of it, you can definitely sell them or give them away.
- ghaff 6y agoFirst-sale doctrine of physical artifacts. But not copies of those. Correct.
- jolux 6y agoYeah but what did Oracle copy here? They made the language compatible, but did they copy the API too? Cleanrooms have been a thing for a long time.