I'm wondering: Assuming Oracle wins on copyrightability, how will it affect BSD-licensed software? The license text just says > Redistribution and use in sourc

I'm wondering: Assuming Oracle wins on copyrightability, how will it affect BSD-licensed software? The license text just says > Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: [...] But reimplementing the API is neither using the source code nor distributing it, so would it be covered or not?