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> Google v Oracle decided in the US Supreme court that APIs are not copyrightable. This is not true. The appeals court ruled that the API was copyrightable, an
by cmeacham98 3y ago
> Google v Oracle decided in the US Supreme court that APIs are not copyrightable.
This is not true. The appeals court ruled that the API was copyrightable, and the Supreme Court opted not to rule on whether or not APIs are copyrightable.
What the Supreme Court actually ruled on is that in this specific instance, Google's use of the API would qualify as fair use - and thus it didn't matter if the API is copyrightable or not.
- linuxftw 3y agoMy mistake, thanks for the clarification. Anyway, Google re-implemented the Java API in many areas, not just wrote code to interact with it. Either way, I think a loadable module would fall under similar treatment.
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