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At least in the US
by jahnu 6y ago
At least in the US
- typon 6y agoWhich, for now, is the global hegemon in software and tech at large. Any US court decision is extremely important to the whole industry.
- CarelessExpert 6y agoUS copyright law and interpretation tends to get exported through trade deals and other forms of political and economic pressure.
- tephra 6y agoWhile true, APIs have specifically not been copyrightable in the EU for some time, I'm not sure about the cad else in other countries and regions.
- monocasa 6y agoThat's always just a treaty away from changing.
- fulafel 6y agoThere is a tendency, but it's not deterministic. When it does happem, it's more often for the broad strokes than this kind of detail, see eg sw patents.
- jhgb 6y agoDid Oracle also sue Google in other countries outside of the US? To my knowledge we didn't need any saving in this respect in my country.
- qalmakka 6y agoDoesn't matter, as GDPR showed having something that's troublesome to sell or distribute in certain (critical) markets is a huge, massive roadblock for most companies. Software patents are worth s*t in the EU, but still we had to endure year of hassle when installing MP3s and such on Linux due to most distros having to also comply with the US market.